Mufti Menk – Try Not To Deny Them
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Assalamu alaikum. It could change their lives
because they've looked up to you. That's 1
of the reasons why when someone says, Sheikh,
can I have a photo with you? I
try not to deny it. I know it's
very difficult. I know sometimes
you have to make a plan. You know,
you have someone. And, look, It it it
may not be ideal, but sometimes you have,
a woman there. Like I said, it may
not be ideal. There could be people saying,
no. You're sheikh. You shouldn't even be doing
that at all. But look.
When someone's really been impacted by you all
their lives, so many things have changed. 1
day, they suddenly see you. They want to
capture the moment. Nothing more. It's captured. There's
no halwa, meaning there's no seclusion. You're not
with them alone. There's it's in full view
of the public. Everyone is there, and they
want to be to to have the opportunity
to say, you know what? I actually met
this person who's my teacher, who taught me
knowingly, unknowingly for decades or for a long
time.
I think to deny them that would probably
be more,
difficult for them to digest at times
than to say, okay. You know what? There's
a table between us. There's a few other
people here. There's so much here. You can
take a quick picture and move on, you
know. And what what's the quick picture all
about? It is capturing
the real life moment that did occur.
Mhmm. It's not like I'm doing something
absurd. This thing happened in full view of
the whole public, you know.