Mufti Menk – The Extra Deeds Are The Real Test

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Zakah is a small percentage. In most cases,

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it's approximately 2 a half percent.

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It does go beyond that for some who

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are in mining, some who are in farming,

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etc. But in most cases it's 2 and

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a half percent of a certain type of

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wealth that you've maintained over a year.

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That never belonged to you. It was always

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a last.

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So by you giving your Zakat,

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the only thing you've done is you've just

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fulfilled something, something that wasn't yours. You took

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it out of your system and gave it

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to whom it belonged to. That's all you

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did. But the real donation is beyond that.

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The real donation is your money, your wealth

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that is yours. Not connected to Allah, not

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connected to anyone else. How much are you

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going to give?

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That is the donation. Let me give you

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more examples of that. Salah, your 5 daily

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prayers. The father is the father. You have

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no option but to fulfill the 5 obligations.

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How are you tested by Allah? You are

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tested by

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what are you going to do on your

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own? You're coming into the sunnah. Let's dive

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in. You've done the sunnah. Let's go into

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the nafil. You've done the nafil. Oh, let's

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add tahajjud and so on and so forth.

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That's the real test.

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It's a hadi.

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You you went for Hajj Hajj is the

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fallah. If it's fallah on you, it's there,

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you fulfilled it. Are you going to go

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for Umrah?

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It's voluntary. It's not compulsory.

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So every pillar of Islam has within it

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something that is compulsory. That's there and something

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voluntary.

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Look at fasting.

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To fast the month of Ramadan is an

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obligation. You owe it to Allah. If you

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don't do it, you're simple. But the test

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is,

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are you going to fast Mondays Thursdays?

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Are you going to fast

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13th, 14th, 15th of every month?

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When non Muslim

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doctors

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confirm

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that this type of fasting or intermittent fasting

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or whatever else it may be is beneficial.

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Then mashallah, we start fasting.

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We start fasting.

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But the prophet of Allah told us this

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a long time back. My brothers, my sisters,

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even if

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you were to just follow that sunnah without

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having known what the benefits are,

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you would benefit.

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And the quality of your life would improve

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just as a gift from Allah for you.

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For practicing upon the teachings of Islam.