Mufti Menk – Try Not To Deny Them

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.