Mufti Menk – The BIGGEST Hypocrite

Mufti Menk
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The segment discusses the importance of achieving Islam's success and regularization, as well as the negative impact of not being married and not wanting to get married. The importance of witnessing a recognized Muslim person as a sign of faith and the negative impact of social media on people's views of Muslims. The segment emphasizes the importance of showing one's political status and highlighting one's political and religious status, as well as the importance of respecting others and not insulting them. The importance of working on oneself and building a strong umGeneration is also emphasized.
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Bismillah walhamdulillahi wassalatu wassalamu ala rasoolillahi wa ala

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alihi wa sahbihi ajma'in.

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My brothers and sisters, hypocrisy is something we

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need to talk about.

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Hypocrisy is something spoken about by Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala in the Qur'an and

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the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam in many

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narrations.

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We need to know what it means, we

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need to know where we fall in when

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it comes to hypocrisy and it's a very

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important question because if the likes of Umar

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ibn al-Khattab r.a was concerned about

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himself being from the list of hypocrites, then

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who are we?

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May Allah Almighty grant us goodness and freedom

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from hypocrisy.

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Nonetheless, we need to know there are two

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major types of hypocrisy and it's important to

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learn this and to know it.

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One is a blatant fraud, a blatant cheat,

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a person who's not a Muslim but pretends

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to be one.

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That is nifaq of the highest degree.

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That is actually hypocrisy of the highest degree.

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So a person who is not a Muslim

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but either wants to spy or pretends to

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be a Muslim in order to infiltrate the

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ranks of the Muslims or perhaps for whatever

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reason it may be has a double or

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triple life.

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What would happen in that particular case is

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Allah Almighty makes mention of it and He

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says Indeed the

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hypocrites of this level, of this type are

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of the lowest level of hellfire.

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The lowest meaning they will have the most

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severe punishment worse than a person who says

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that I'm not a believer because they weren't

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believers anyway and they were even worse.

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That's the reason so it's logical.

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But that is called nifaq i'tiqadi which means

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it is hypocrisy in belief.

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From amongst us alhamdulillah we would comfortably say

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that it would be difficult to find someone

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of that nature in our midst.

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May Allah protect us.

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It could happen but generally we are free

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when we enter the fold of Islam.

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We are choosing out of our own free

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will to say I bear witness there is

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none worthy of worship besides Allah and I

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bear witness that Muhammad peace be upon him

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is his final messenger.

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So when we say this no one forced

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us to say it because Allah Almighty has

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already taught us There is no compulsion when

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it comes to the entry into the fold

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of Islam.

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Once you've entered the fold of Islam what

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you've done is you have chosen with your

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free will to have rules and regulations placed

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on you.

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That's what it is.

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I chose to join Islam so I'm only

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going to consume halal I'm going to abstain

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from haram that is the prohibited and the

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permissible.

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I'm going to do the obligations that Allah

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has asked me to engage in or to

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do such as the pillars of Islam and

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so on and I will stay away from

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what he's asked me to stay away from

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and I will believe.

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So no one's forcing you.

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When you're entering the fold of Islam no

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one forced you but the fact that you

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entered you are governed or you have chosen

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to be governed by rules and regulations all

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of which are only placed in your life

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in order to ensure that you have the

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best life filled with contentment here followed by

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the best life filled with eternal success in

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the hereafter.

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Islam has a lot of rules.

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It's filled with discipline.

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It has more discipline than any other faith.

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It has a lot of rules and regulations

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do's and don'ts all of that Allah says

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in the Quran is in order for you

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to achieve the greatest and the highest success

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in this world and the next.

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You don't want those rules?

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Well, if you've chosen not to be Muslim

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then you wouldn't be governed by all these

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rules but if you've chosen to be Muslim

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then you have chosen to be governed by

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these rules like I said and I've repeated

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this for a reason and that is there

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are people out there whether it be on

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social media or various other places who say

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well in Islam you know what it's a

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religion that forces you this and that do

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you know what?

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Nobody has ever spread Islam by the sword.

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In fact, the sword was used at a

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time when the wars took place in order

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to defend in order to get back what

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was usurped and various other reasons.

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And this is why those who lived as

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non-Muslim Christians and Jews lived in Medina

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even after the time of the Prophet Muhammad

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sallallahu alayhi wasallam but the topic like I

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said earlier today is hypocrisy.

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The first type of hypocrisy is hypocrisy in

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belief where a person is lying.

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They're not Muslim but they're pretending and like

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I said we might believe well look inshallah

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we free from that may Allah protect us.

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But the second type of hypocrisy is the

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one that you and I need to worry

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about.

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What is it?

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It is nifaq amali.

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It is in your deeds you have a

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shortfall and sometimes it's just sheer laziness.

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So what is it?

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For me to say I'm a Muslim but

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I don't really care about Islam.

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My statement is one way and my deeds

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are the other way.

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I told them I'm heading to Durban but

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my car is facing Limpopo.

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Allahu Akbar.

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I'm driving claiming that I'm going to Cape

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Town and yet I'm heading towards Zimbabwe.

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MashaAllah you'll end up with us.

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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant you

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ease.

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So I claim I'm a Muslim but I

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claim that you know what I don't have

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to stay away from alcohol I don't have

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to stay away from gambling I don't need

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to dress in a specific way I'm not

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governed by halal haram and so on.

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And some people call this sadly moderate Islam.

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Islam by nature is moderate.

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وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّتًا وَسَطًا Allah says we have

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made you into a nation that is moderate

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in the middle.

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Neither this extreme nor that.

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We've kept you in the middle.

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You can get married to fulfill your sexual

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desires that means you can fulfill them.

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Whereas others might say you're not allowed, you

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must stay in celibacy.

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You're not allowed to get married at all.

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Islam says no.

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Whether you're a religious man or woman or

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whether you're a person who's not really teaching

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and preaching but rather you are a member

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of the ummah who generally engages in what

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is called da'wah on a lower level.

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You can still get married on all those

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levels but do it properly.

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If it is listen to this rule.

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If what you want to do is regularizable

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if I can use that word in Islam

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then you can do it after it's regularized.

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I really like this girl for example or

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she will say I really like this guy.

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Well I tell you liking is one thing.

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If you cannot marry that person and like

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I said if you cannot regularize the relationship

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then you are limited in what you can

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do by virtue of you being a Muslim.

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So I can't regularize it because she's already

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married.

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Too late my brother.

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Don't mess, move on.

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Allah will give you something better and give

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her inshallah goodness, happiness and perhaps Allah knows

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why it happened.

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Some people like others they can't get married

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to.

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If you are sexually attracted to someone you

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cannot marry Allah says bear patience.

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Don't do something that is displeasing to Allah.

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You bear patience.

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But don't come and justify it to say

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no no no Allah will forgive me it's

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okay.

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What happens?

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We enter the territory of hypocrisy that we

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spoke about earlier where you're saying you're a

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Muslim but you're starting to believe that you're

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not governed by these rules and regulations.

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What would happen as a result you might

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start slipping from the hypocrisy of deeds to

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the hypocrisy of belief.

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Where you don't realize what you are following

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is not even Islam.

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May Allah Almighty protect us.

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So for us to say we are Muslim

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what are we saying?

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What are we saying?

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A lot of you may have witnessed people

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enter the fold of Islam and many of

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you might have entered the fold of Islam.

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What do they make you do?

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Something known as a shahada, right?

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They say are you ready to say your

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shahada?

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What is a shahada?

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A shahada is a declaration it's supposed to

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be in your heart already before you utter

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it.

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It's in your heart that's why you're saying.

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Because it starts off in the heart and

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it is confirmed by the tongue and then

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it is confirmed by your organs and your

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body parts that all work towards what you

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believed and what you uttered.

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So they say repeat after me.

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In reality you don't have to repeat after

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anyone.

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You can say it yourself.

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Many times when I have helped people to

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enter the fold of Islam I ask them,

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do you know the shahada?

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They say yes, I say say it.

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So they'll say the whole shahada without you

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prompting them.

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Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah wa ashhadu anna

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muhammadan rasoolullah I bear witness that there is

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none worthy of worship besides Allah.

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I bear witness that Muhammad peace be upon

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him is his messenger and prophet.

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Once they've said the shahada what happened?

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We all who were witness to it now

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bear witness that this person is confirmed a

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Muslim.

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You don't really have to go to a

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masjid to say your shahada.

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You don't really have to declare it in

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all honesty in front of people but in

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order to have witnesses it's better to do

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that.

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It's proper.

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One day you might say I'm a Muslim.

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They say who knows about it?

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Say no one.

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Well you're either telling them right now or

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you can say well there's people, I go

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to this masjid or this mosque or I

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know this person or these people were witnesses

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to it.

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They might want to write you a letter

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in some cases where it is needed.

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But there are so many Muslims who no

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one really knows that they are actually Muslim.

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Because of social media today what would happen?

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They would enter the fold of Islam behind

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their screens.

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And I've known of quite a few who

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later told me that I'm actually a Muslim

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for two years but I didn't have the

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opportunity to interact with Muslims for whatever reason

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it was.

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In some parts of the United States they

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live far away from the closest Muslim community

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and masjid and so on.

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But nonetheless when you say a shahada, you

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are declaring I bear witness that I will

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not worship anyone besides Allah.

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That's the meaning of it.

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You're saying I bear witness that there is

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none worthy of worship.

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Haven't we all said it?

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Don't we all repeat it every day?

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So what does that mean?

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That means no one is worthy of worship.

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So why are you worshipping other things besides

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Allah?

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One might argue I don't.

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No.

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Sometimes we worship our position.

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We start doing wrong things because we know

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we are in authority.

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Mashallah.

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We start doing wrong things because we know

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we are in authority.

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We start for example, because we have wealth,

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we start abusing people.

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What are you doing?

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You're worshipping your wealth.

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You allowed your wealth to make you forget

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that Allah is above you.

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And Allah comes first.

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You allowed your position to make you forget

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that Allah comes first.

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Humble yourself.

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Allah can take it away now.

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Humble yourself.

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You allowed your good looks to make you

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think I can get away with this.

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There was once a sister who started dressing

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appropriately and later told us in a certain

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conference that because I believe that Allah blessed

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me with very good looks, I used to

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feel that I need to show this.

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Until people started calling me dirty names and

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I realized that they, you know what they

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start calling people who want to show off

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everything.

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The cleavage is showing and everything else is

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showing.

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What do they call you?

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The most derogatory words.

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But they were the ones enjoying looking.

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But you also enjoyed showing.

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It did not bring about any contentment.

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What did I say earlier?

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I said when you follow the rules of

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discipline, there are rules and regulations.

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They will bring about contentment.

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You are happy.

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It's for you.

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It's for your spouse and Allah knows and

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He blessed you.

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Enjoy whatever you can within what is pleasing

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to Allah.

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If you cannot regularize it, you've chosen not

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to do it.

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I can't regularize showing off something that Allah

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told me to cover in a public place

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because end of the day it's a form

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of difficulty.

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Notice I avoided the use of hypocrisy.

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Do you know why?

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Because when you are struggling to get closer

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to Allah, you're not a hypocrite.

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Something very important.

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Many people forget that.

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They see a sister or a brother and

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he's struggling with his prayer.

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It doesn't make him a hypocrite.

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In fact, he is a friend of Allah

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coming closer to Allah every day.

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So don't allow your struggles to make you

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think you're a hypocrite.

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In fact, as you are progressing, you should

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be thankful to Allah that Allah is allowing

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you to get closer and closer to Him.

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When we are speaking from the pulpit, we

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have to be very careful because if you

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are coming to the masjid, say twice a

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day or you are fulfilling your salah, say

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thrice a day, you know there's five prayers

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a day, right?

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But you never used to pray at all.

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If I told you, brother, you're a hypocrite,

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who am I?

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Who am I to say that?

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So, I can't say that to you because

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I don't know your struggles, but rather let

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me encourage you and the encouragement will serve

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for myself and for others to say, you

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are doing better than yesterday, inshallah there's room

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for improvement, let's do better than today, tomorrow,

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but let's not go backwards.

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That's a beautiful speech.

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You follow what I'm saying?

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A person swears.

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When you swear, it's a sign of hypocrisy.

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The Prophet ﷺ did not say, you are

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a hypocrite, but he says, it's a sign

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of hypocrisy.

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Let me quickly mention to you a beautiful

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hadith.

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The Prophet ﷺ mentioned some of the signs

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of hypocrisy.

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In one narration, there's three.

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He says, ayatul munafiqi, thalath.

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And he's mentioned different signs on different occasions,

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but these three, he mentioned at once, the

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signs of a hypocrite are three.

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itha ahaddatha kathab When he speaks, he lies.

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He lies.

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Someone says, so what do you do for

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a business?

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He says, hey, you know, I sell exotic

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motor vehicles.

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And brother, you don't even have the Harley

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Davidson that rocked up just now.

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You don't even own it.

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But you started lying.

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Did you hear the Harley?

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Did you guys hear it?

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Guess what?

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It's not a Harley.

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I just looked out.

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But nonetheless, it's a beautiful thing.

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Why lie?

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Just tell them, you know what, mashallah, none

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of your business.

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That's a good answer.

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You didn't lie.

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Recently someone asked me, how many wives do

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you have?

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Did you hear that one?

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I told him, brother, none of your business.

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How would it change the price of eggs

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in central China if I told you?

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It's got nothing to do with you.

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Have I done something haram?

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My brother, take it easy.

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You're struggling to find one fro.

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Let's keep quiet.

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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us

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ease.

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Wallahi, people want to know things that really

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do not have anything to do with them.

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The prophet says, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, if

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you're a good believer, one sign that you

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really follow Islam is you don't involve in

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that which does not concern you.

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min husni islam il mar'i tarkuhu, ma

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la ya'ani?

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A sign of the goodness of faith of

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a person is they leave that which doesn't

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concern them.

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You desperately want to know, uncle, what are

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you worth?

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He'd say three billion.

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He lied and you also didn't know what

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he was saying.

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So there were two things.

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Three billion what?

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Maybe Zimbabwe dollars, we might agree.

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But my brothers, my sisters, look at how

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one of the signs of hypocrisy is that

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the person lies.

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If you tend to lie, my brother, my

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sister, I'm not going to say you're a

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hypocrite because it could be a weakness where

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you are working on it.

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Well done.

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Work on it.

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I'm not saying well done because you lie.

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I'm saying well done because you're working on

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it.

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I want all of us.

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You have a weakness of lies.

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No matter what it is, work on it.

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Today is Jumu'ah.

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It's a Friday.

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It's a blessed day.

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One wonders if we're going to get another

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opportunity to talk to each other.

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Don't lie.

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Cut it out.

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It won't get you anywhere.

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Even if people really thought you were someone

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that you really aren't.

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You're not.

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It's okay.

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Tell the truth.

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From now on, just speak the truth.

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Keep quiet or tell them it's none of

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your business.

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But don't lie.

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It will help you in your connection with

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Allah.

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You know why?

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It frees you from hypocrisy.

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What type of hypocrisy?

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The Amali one.

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The one which is with your deeds.

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Don't lie anymore.

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وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفْ A sign of hypocrisy is

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when a person promises and they break the

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promise.

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They tell you don't worry.

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I'll give you a job.

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Then when you are really looking for that

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job afterwards, he says I changed my mind.

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That is a sign of hypocrisy.

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And then they'll come to you and say

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the scholar said that I'm allowed to change

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my mind.

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But hang on.

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I based my life on what you said

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to me and you never clarified it to

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say I'm going to try or maybe.

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You said it loud and clear.

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A lot of people have this habit.

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Don't worry man.

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I'll sort it out for you.

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And then when you're in the soup, they

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run away.

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They run away either because they lied that

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they had the context or whatever it was

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or they lied about who they were or

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they simply say we changed our mind.

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Don't do that.

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Don't do that to someone.

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You let them know from day one that

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listen, I had told you that I will

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get you a job but unfortunately I'm not

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going to be able to get you that

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job anymore because what I had planned is

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not happening.

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But let them know before they have already

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done what?

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Quit the previous job and so on.

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This is one example.

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There are so many examples I can give

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you.

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I can give you one example.

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You know, we spoke about a promise that

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someone makes.

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We spoke about lies.

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The two are connected because one is also

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falsehood and the other one is a type

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of falsehood.

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When a person promises, they break the promise.

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I give you another example of truthfulness where

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people sometimes are lacking.

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You see, people use religion to their advantage.

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If you do that and you then sometimes

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want nothing to do with religion when it

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is to your disadvantage, then you need to

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work harder on yourself.

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You don't want to enter this circle of

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hypocrisy that we're talking about today.

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So the example Allah mentions in the Quran,

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Allah says, وَإِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ

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بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ مُعْرِضُونَ When people are

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having a dispute amongst each other and they

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are called towards the solution of Allah and

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His Rasul, you find a group from among

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them turning away.

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And in another verse Allah says, وَإِن يَكُن

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لَهُمُ الْحَقُّ يَأْتُوا إِلَيْهِ مُذْعِنِينَ أَفِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ

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When they are gaining something from that, they

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will quickly come.

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Are their hearts diseased?

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Allah is asking.

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What does that mean?

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Say we have a dispute, monetary, whatever else

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it might be, and I tell you brother,

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according to Sharia, you owe me 20 million.

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Again, today we are talking about Zimbabwe dollars,

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don't get too excited.

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And then, the brother says, no, no, no,

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I am not interested in that.

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Right?

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Why?

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Because he is losing.

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He will take you to the court.

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Why did he take you to the court?

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Simply because he thought he is going to

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gain there.

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You see, then when he is losing his

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case and the court says you owe the

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guy 40 million, he quickly goes back to

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the scholars and says, tell this guy to

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sort it out Sharia.

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Are you following what we are saying here?

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That could just be the biggest hypocrisy you

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can think of in terms of your deeds.

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What did you do?

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You are using Islam like a joke to

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your advantage, man.

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It happens in marriages.

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They will tell you, you know what, I

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want access to my child or custody based

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on Islam.

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Now Islam has rules.

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So now, you talk about the rules of

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custody and access and they say, no, I

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will take you to court.

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Why are they taking you to court?

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Because they want the child completely.

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Beyond what Allah has ordained.

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No problem.

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When they went to court and they lost

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everything.

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Then what happened?

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They came back and said, these people don't

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want Islam.

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Come on.

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Who took who to court here?

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You almost waived your rights on this hand.

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Now you want to play the fool with

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us?

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So all this is a type of hypocrisy

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or signs of hypocrisy or could be leading

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a person into deeper hypocrisy.

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Be careful of this.

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Be honest.

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Be an upright person.

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You said you are a Muslim.

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You said you are a Muslim.

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Follow it.

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It's okay if you lost a little bit

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because you said you are a Muslim.

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According to Islam, you gain nothing.

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Laws of inheritance.

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Quickly people want to go that we are

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doing it this way.

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They think they are going to get a

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little bit more.

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You know what, you lose it in one

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generation.

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You lose it in one generation.

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You might lose it within that generation.

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Because you took something that wasn't yours.

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You enjoyed the take.

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You enjoyed the fight.

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And you gained whatever you gained.

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I promise you, you pay a heavier price.

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The best thing for you to do as

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a believer is to say and Allah says

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it in the verses of the Quran Allah

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says the true believers are those whom when

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they are called to Allah and his prophet

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to decide between them in their arguments are

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those who say we hear and we follow.

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We obey.

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It's okay.

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I got it.

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Alhamdulillah.

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I did not get it.

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Alhamdulillah.

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I gained.

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Alhamdulillah.

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I lost.

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Alhamdulillah.

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Because in the eyes of Allah, I only

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gained.

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Why?

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Because I followed his decision.

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Remember this.

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Never ever is your fight for monetary or

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worldly items a win if you went against

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what Allah has ordained.

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No matter what it was.

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Never.

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So remember this.

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We're talking of hypocrisy.

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The last quality.

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In fact, I want to mention two more

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because one is mentioned in another narration.

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One says which means when the person when

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a person is into disagreement with someone they

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become from argumentative to explosive.

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We have a disagreement about the parking.

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It happens in every masjid, right?

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I hope it's not here because it's not

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yet a masjid.

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It's only a musallah, inshallah.

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It's going to be.

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Is it a masjid?

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It's coming up, inshallah.

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I'm quite impressed by the numbers here today.

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May Allah accept it from all of us.

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I really thought I'm just coming to some

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musallah here.

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When I came, they said Bedford View, mashallah.

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Here we are.

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We have a little argument out here.

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Someone says, brother, why did you park here?

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Instead of saying, oh sorry, is it your

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parking or was I not supposed to park

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here?

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You know, did I make a mistake?

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You know, that's how it should progress.

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And then what happens?

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Instead of that, someone says, is it your

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father's parking?

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Now look where the discussion is going.

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Am I right?

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It happens in our circles.

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Let's be honest.

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Who you think this is for?

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You think you own the world here?

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Relax.

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Don't get excited.

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We're talking about something.

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Be respectful.

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You're a believer.

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You're an ambassador of Islam.

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You're a person who the Prophet sallallahu alayhi

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wa sallam will recognize on the day of

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judgment when you follow him.

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So follow him.

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If someone told that to the Prophet peace

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be upon him, how would he answer?

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He would answer respectfully.

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Even if you say brother, I'm so sorry

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man.

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You know what?

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I respect you.

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I love you.

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But I disagree with you.

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I will park here and nobody is going

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to move this.

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Jazakumullah khair.

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Salam alaikum.

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We're gone.

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What did we do?

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He can get angry.

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Now it's the ball is in his court.

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But you didn't swear him.

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You didn't insult.

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When you insult, why is it hypocrisy?

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Because you are supposed to carry yourself with

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respect and when you don't, you are going

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to invite trouble that's going to be never

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ending.

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I know of a case that I heard

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of lately in Britain where someone parked either

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in the Imam spot or blocking the Imam

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and it resulted in huge warfare such that

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the Masjid had to close down for some

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time if I'm not mistaken.

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Nonetheless, what happened?

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You have a little argument.

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You have a discussion that becomes a slight

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argument.

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You find someone exploding.

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What are they doing?

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They're swearing, insulting and that's why we always

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say, you know, in our circles we have

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a problem of insulting, even among the scholars.

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You have someone calling the other names.

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Don't do it.

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Never mind.

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Excuse them.

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Make dua for their paradise.

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They don't know what they're doing.

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You don't ever insult and abuse as a

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Muslim.

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More so the scholars.

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Shaitan comes to everyone.

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If you ever hear me swearing someone, insulting

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someone I disagree with, remind me that look,

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don't do this.

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It's hypocrisy.

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They say, no, but I have to because

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I'm on Haqq.

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Okay, no problem.

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If you're on Haqq, a sign of being

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on Haqq.

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Haqq and the truth does not need you

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to insult and abuse.

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It has a shining of its own that

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outshines everything else without your swear words.

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There we are.

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Without your insults you will outshine whatever.

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I am so confident about the truth that

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perhaps sometimes I would be beaming to someone

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I don't need to insult.

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I just need to come and say, look

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I believe Islam is the truth.

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I believe I've studied the religions.

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I believe Islam is actually the truth.

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I don't need to swear someone else.

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You can study Islam.

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You'll come up with the proper answers.

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This is just an example, but it happens

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in our circles.

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So we definitely need to look into our

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lives and ensure that we don't have these

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qualities.

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My time is almost up.

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They did try to give me more and

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I refused it.

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However, I want to mention that last quality.

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When a person is entrusted they basically abuse

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the trust.

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All of these are connected to each other.

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You notice, there are actually three qualities in

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essence.

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But some of them are intertwined and interconnected

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used in different narrations.

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When a person is entrusted fulfill your trust.

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You're a trustee of the masjid.

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It's the house of Allah.

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Ensure that everyone who comes here is more

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than welcome with the house of Allah.

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Ensure that you have fair rules balanced.

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The first saf does not belong to one

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person.

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Anyone who comes mashaAllah in Islam, first come

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first serve.

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You might want to leave a little gap

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right behind the imam for someone who may

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correct him or who may want to take

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over if something happens to him.

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So the hadith says right behind the imam

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should be those who have knowledge and those

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who are able at least one or two

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of them who are able to correct the

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imam if something goes wrong.

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Anywhere else in the masjid, anyone can sit

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no matter how much money you have, what

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color you are, what race you belong to,

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how tall or short you are.

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It's okay.

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We are all part of the ummah.

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We are equal.

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When you make someone feel inferior, again, it's

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a sign that you're not connected with Allah

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the proper way.

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Allah made them man.

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Allah made you.

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Are you going to appreciate how Allah made

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them?

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Say alhamdulillah and there we go.

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If you see something that might be considered

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a challenge, some people are disabled in one

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way or another, challenged in one way or

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another, there is a dua to make for

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them and for yourself.

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What a beautiful dua.

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May Allah almighty grant us goodness.

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So I end this short lecture by saying

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my beloved brothers and sisters, in order to

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lead a life that is filled with contentment,

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work on yourself.

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Work on yourself and go easy on others.

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I've said that every week.

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Go easy on others.

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In the ummah, we are struggling because we

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are going very hard on others and we

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are going easy on ourselves.

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It's supposed to be the other way around.

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Do I swear?

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Do I scream and shout?

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Do I abuse?

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Do I break my trust?

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Do I promise people and then I just

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forget about it?

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If that's the case, I need to work

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very hard on myself.

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And I swear by Allah, you will lead

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the happiest life ever.

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Don't hold things in your heart too much.

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May Allah help us improve and may the

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ummah become one solid ummah.

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And may Allah almighty gather us in Jannatul

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Firdaus.

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Aqoolu qawli hadha wa sallallahu wa sallam ala

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nabina Muhammad.

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