Mufti Menk – The Most Powerful Greeting

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Peace extends all the way to the hereafter.

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May peace be upon you on the day

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of judgment. Why not?

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Assalamu alaikum.

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I say

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you should feel that it should hit you.

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I'm so happy. Someone prayed for me.

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I remember there was a brother who didn't

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reply and I told him, why didn't you

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reply to that guy? He's an enemy man.

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He's lying. He said, just say, walaikum, what's

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the big deal? What did you lose?

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So what if they're lying? He says, but

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but then I'll be lying as well. I

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said, well don't lie, try and make yourself

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genuine. Who knows? The dua might be accepted.

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Imagine someone hating you, say, may Allah bless

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you.

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Come on, come on. You know, he's

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got to just say, Amin, and that's it.

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But

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you have to reply back. Imagine when someone

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gives you such a powerful greeting every day.

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Do you know, if you look back at

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the predecessors,

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if they were walking and the wall came

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between them for a moment, when they met

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back after the wall they would say, salamalaykum.

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Do you know that?

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Go and read the stories.

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The companions used to greet each other like,

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subhanallah you won't believe it. We just came

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back. Salaam Alaikum. I just came back again.

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Salaam Alaikum.