Mufti Menk – Weve let them down

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The speaker discusses the frustration of people affected by the situation and the need for everyone to take action. They emphasize the importance of protecting family members' mental well-being and investing in family and children. The speaker also touches on issues with negative behavior and family members, including disagreements and disputes, and the importance of Prophet Monica's words in the deed. The speaker emphasizes the need to work hard to achieve goals and avoid mistakes, protect mental well-being, and respect everyone's lives.

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			Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.
		
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			Bismillah walhamdulillahi wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulullahi wa ala
		
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			alihi wa sahbihi ajma'in.
		
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			I'm seated here, I greeted quite a few
		
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			of you, lovely faces, many of them I
		
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			recognize, some I don't but nonetheless I feel
		
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			the warmth and the goodness and I cannot
		
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			help but to constantly feel a frustration in
		
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			me and the helplessness in me because of
		
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			what is happening to our brothers and sisters
		
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			in Palestine.
		
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			Palestine is our cause, Ashsham is our cause,
		
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			Lebanon is our cause, wherever there is anyone
		
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			across the globe being hurt or harmed or
		
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			attacked or oppressed, I swear by Allah it
		
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			is our cause.
		
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			Whether or not you and I are able
		
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			to solve the problem is a different matter.
		
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			Number one, we care.
		
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			Number two, we feel and we are hurt
		
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			and we are in pain and it gives
		
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			us sleepless nights wallahi.
		
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			So many times we see things, you and
		
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			I are in the same boat, we are
		
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			watching helplessly, we cry sometimes, it brings us
		
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			to tears, we cannot see sometimes.
		
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			All of us are the same because we
		
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			are human, we care, we believe, we are
		
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			connected and the frustration is such that we
		
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			blame each other, you are not doing, he's
		
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			not doing, she's not doing, that one is
		
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			not doing, this one is not doing, but
		
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			each one has a capacity beyond which they
		
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			cannot do what can they do.
		
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			So at times we recognize that frustration with
		
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			the blame game but we do believe, we
		
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			feel very let down by those in authority
		
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			because we think and we do know they
		
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			have much more than you and I have
		
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			in terms of clout or ability to resolve
		
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			matters.
		
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			So I start off with the dua to
		
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			Allah Rabbul Izzati wal Jalal to help our
		
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			brothers and sisters not only in Gaza but
		
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			throughout Palestine and not only in Palestine but
		
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			in Lebanon.
		
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			Innocent people are being driven away and out
		
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			of their homes in a way that humanity
		
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			has not seen in history, in my opinion.
		
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			Recorded live on thousands of devices, documented to
		
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			the highest degree, you are, if you are
		
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			lucky, you are suddenly given a few minutes
		
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			to vacate and rush and go away from
		
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			what?
		
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			From the place you and your forefathers have
		
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			known as your own home that belongs to
		
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			you and your generations.
		
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			And this is happening in Lebanon as well.
		
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			You are told to just leave and to
		
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			go where?
		
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			We don't know, just go.
		
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			If you want to be safe, leave.
		
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			Men, women, the elderly, fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandma,
		
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			great-grandfathers and mothers who can barely walk
		
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			and the children and the toddlers and the
		
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			newborns and the pregnant women and the disabled
		
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			and the blind and the deaf have to
		
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			all run.
		
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			Run for where and for what?
		
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			This is the situation.
		
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			May Allah forgive me for my helplessness.
		
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			May Allah forgive all of us for our
		
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			inability.
		
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			We have let them down.
		
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			Wallahi l-Azim.
		
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			On the day of Qiyamah they will hold
		
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			us accountable.
		
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			May Allah forgive us.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala forgive us.
		
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			And I'm so sorry for becoming emotional but
		
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			it bothers me 24 hours of the day.
		
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			Even in my sleep and I'm sure I'm
		
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			not the only one.
		
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			Most of us are probably the same where
		
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			we have sleepless nights, we have nightmares, we
		
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			watch things, we get up in the middle
		
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			of the night as though something happened to
		
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			us.
		
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			May Allah forgive us.
		
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			Now I'd like to draw a parallel with
		
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			something very interesting.
		
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			I said earlier that we feel and we
		
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			care and they are us and we are
		
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			them.
		
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			Who?
		
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			Anyone across the globe who is being oppressed,
		
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			who is wronged.
		
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			Number one, the lesson I learned is I
		
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			should not harm another person and I should
		
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			not oppress another person because while I want
		
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			to solve the problem of others who are
		
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			struggling, sometimes I am a tyrant or I
		
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			am a person who's causing issues to other
		
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			people.
		
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			Be it on a small scale, a slightly
		
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			larger scale, or a large scale.
		
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			In our home sometimes we are the problem.
		
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			We need to look into ourselves and correct
		
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			it because إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ
		
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			حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ Whether you like it
		
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			or not, we do know we have to
		
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			solve big problems but at least solve your
		
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			small problem.
		
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			Go easy on your family members, invest in
		
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			your children.
		
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			Time, time with your kids and your family
		
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			members is priceless.
		
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			صَدِّقْنِي Believe me, if I were to tell
		
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			you take your wife out on the weekend,
		
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			I'm not being a little wife lover as
		
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			they say.
		
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			Sometimes they blame you to say this guy
		
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			is so weak.
		
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			Wallahi we are so strong that's the reason
		
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			why we honor our women.
		
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			Am I right or wrong?
		
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			It takes a powerful person to walk with
		
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			his wife and spoil her and take her
		
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			to dinner and say my beloved this is
		
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			only for you.
		
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			You deserve more than this.
		
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			I can only give you this much.
		
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			What haven't they done for?
		
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			It needs a man to do that.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala grant us ease.
		
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			Investing in your family is something we are
		
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			lacking in today's age.
		
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			Many people don't spend time with their children.
		
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			They don't talk to them.
		
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			So what's happening?
		
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			They were not raised by the parents so
		
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			they know nothing.
		
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			They were raised by the screen or by
		
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			a maid or by someone else.
		
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			Sometimes they were raised by their friends because
		
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			no one was there.
		
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			So let's promise we invest our time.
		
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			You don't know how long you have those
		
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			children for.
		
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			I've met a lot of people who lost
		
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			their children.
		
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			It's not easy to sympathize with them.
		
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			It's not easy to express condolences.
		
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			They will tell you leave me alone.
		
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			You will never have you lost a child.
		
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			You say no.
		
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			Well then don't come to me.
		
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			You don't know what I'm going through.
		
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			That's the frustration.
		
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			But did you spend time with the child?
		
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			The regret is wallahi we didn't even spend
		
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			a moment and they're gone.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala not make us
		
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			from those who don't do the right thing.
		
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			May we be from among those who invest
		
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			with our children.
		
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			Then our family members, your brothers, your sisters,
		
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			you are bound to have disagreements and disputes.
		
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			It is normal.
		
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			You are a human.
		
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			When you are a human being, you will
		
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			have issues with your brother.
		
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			You will have issues with your sister.
		
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			You may have issues with the in-laws
		
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			of your family member who might not be
		
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			directly your in-laws and maybe your own
		
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			in-laws.
		
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			The point I'm raising is you have to
		
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			have issues with everyone.
		
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			Why?
		
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			It's part of your journey on earth.
		
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			Allah wants to watch.
		
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			What are you going to do?
		
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			And Allah says, the message is in the
		
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			Quran and in the Sunnah of the Prophet
		
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			Muhammad peace be upon him.
		
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			Make an effort, make an effort to fulfill
		
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			the rights of your family members.
		
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			Why is it mentioned so much?
		
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			Many of you speak Arabic.
		
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			This verse is referring to being conscious of
		
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			Allah regarding your family members, those who are
		
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			connected to you through the wombs.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Why does Allah talk about?
		
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			He knows there will be issues.
		
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			He wants you to resolve and solve and
		
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			He wants you to work hard to achieve
		
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			and this is why He speaks about, those
		
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			who are believers, they do good deeds.
		
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			They are the ones who connect that which
		
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			Allah told them to connect.
		
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			What is that connection?
		
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			It's your relatives.
		
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			It's not going to be easy.
		
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			That's why He repeated it so many times
		
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			and He gives a warning for those who
		
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			cut and chop off a relation without proper
		
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			reasoning.
		
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			If someone is totally toxic and they're bothering
		
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			your mental well-being, you can take a
		
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			step back, no problem.
		
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			It has happened from the time of the
		
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			Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam all the way to
		
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			now and it will continue happening.
		
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			Someone really toxic, your mental well-being is
		
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			affected, even if they are closely related to
		
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			you, in a beautiful way, without being abusive
		
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			or without being vulgar, without being disrespectful, you
		
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			can take a comfortable step back.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because you need to protect your sanity and
		
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			your peace.
		
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			But you are told to try your best,
		
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			try again and try again.
		
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			There is blessing in the trial even if
		
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			the problem is not solved.
		
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			Have a big heart.
		
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			Life is too short to have a small
		
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			heart.
		
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			Have a big heart and learn to resolve
		
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			matters.
		
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			When you train yourself to solve problems and
		
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			you train yourself to keep trying and trying,
		
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			Allah opens many many doors, the barakah, the
		
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			blessings, the sustenance, so much comes to you
		
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			and you don't realize it's because I tried
		
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			very hard to do things for the sake
		
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			of Allah, knowing that this was not going
		
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			to happen.
		
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			Sometimes we know this is very impossible, but
		
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			in Allah's eyes even if it was impossible,
		
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			let me give you a quick example.
		
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			The Prophet that is mentioned the most in
		
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			the Quran is Prophet Musa Alayhis Salaam.
		
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			Moses, may peace be on him.
		
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			His whole mission, if it was now, the
		
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			kids would have said it's a waste of
		
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			time.
		
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			You know why?
		
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			Astaghfirullah.
		
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			Because they don't understand.
		
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			How can someone who knows that the person
		
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			whom he is sending the messenger to is
		
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			not going to accept the message, but he
		
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			still sent him to the guy?
		
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			How?
		
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			Many kids ask us if Allah knows I'm
		
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			going to paradise, why is he wasting my
		
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			time?
		
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			If Allah knows, these are kids who ask
		
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			us the question, if Allah knows I'm going
		
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			to *, why waste my time?
		
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			You know, let me just do everything.
		
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			So I said well the true answer is
		
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			because you don't know.
		
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			That's why.
		
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			Simple.
		
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			Allah knows, you don't know.
		
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			So do you know?
		
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			He says no.
		
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			Well then work hard because you don't know
		
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			where you're going.
		
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			Allah knows.
		
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			What Allah knows and doesn't know, so long
		
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			as you don't know it, it doesn't make
		
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			any difference for you.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Keep hard.
		
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			That's the simplest answer, easiest answer.
		
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			Sometimes they are confused.
		
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			Well you know what, so but he still
		
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			knows.
		
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			We say but you don't know and keep
		
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			on repeating that because if I don't know
		
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			I will try.
		
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			I want to say brother has Allah written
		
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			1 billion dollars for you?
		
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			What's the answer?
		
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			The true answer is I don't know.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Has Allah written 1 billion dollars for you?
		
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			If you're a Zimbabwean, the answer is yes
		
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			with everyone.
		
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			We went there long back, we have billions
		
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			and trillions and quadrillions and they even cancelled
		
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			them.
		
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			MashaAllah.
		
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			But nonetheless the true answer is I don't
		
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			know.
		
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			So then why should I work?
		
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			You should work because you don't know.
		
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			That's why.
		
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			And keep working.
		
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			Who knows, it might be written.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Allahu Akbar.
		
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			Anyway, go back to the point.
		
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			The Prophet Moses was sent to a man
		
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			whom the one who sent him already knew
		
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			that you are going to spend years and
		
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			years talking to this guy and he's not
		
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			going to accept.
		
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			The Pharaoh will not accept.
		
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			Firaun is not going to accept anything.
		
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			In fact he will be arrogant, he will
		
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			punish, he will trouble.
		
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			But Allah says you want help with your
		
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			brother?
		
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			Take your brother.
		
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			Harun, take him with.
		
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			His brother Harun Bultan is here from Melbourne
		
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			before.
		
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			Now he lives in Istanbul and Ghana I
		
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			think.
		
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			And the reason I'm mentioning his name is
		
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			Allah is the first person to invite me
		
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			to Australia many years ago and I meet
		
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			him today in Ghana.
		
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			As he's coming up I say brother MashaAllah.
		
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			His brother Harun.
		
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			Gave him a big hug.
		
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			JazakAllah khair.
		
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			Anyway, the point being raised here is Harun
		
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			was given as a helper to Moses, to
		
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			Musa.
		
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			And Allah says And
		
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			Allah knew.
		
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			Allah knew it.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Which means go to him.
		
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			Tell him words that are soft.
		
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			Speak to him in a beautiful.
		
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			And Allah knows this guy is not going
		
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			to.
		
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			Why did Allah say talk to him with
		
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			a soft tone in a nice way?
		
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			Maybe he will take heed.
		
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			Maybe he will change.
		
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			Maybe he will fear Allah.
		
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			And Allah knows it's not happening.
		
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			Because the reward was in the deed, not
		
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			in the result.
		
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			The reward is in the deed, not in
		
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			the result.
		
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			You work.
		
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			You don't know what the result is going
		
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			to be.
		
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			The fact that you tried something, your reward
		
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			is fully written with the trial.
		
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			Whether or not it happens is besides the
		
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			point.
		
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			So some people say I'm gonna waste my
		
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			time with this guy.
		
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			It's not gonna help.
		
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			You need to stand up and at least
		
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			say something.
		
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			My brother, let's solve this problem.
		
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			You are my brother.
		
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			You know, we need to resolve them.
		
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			He says, I don't want.
		
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			Okay.
		
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			What did you do?
		
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			Allah wrote it for you that you tried.
		
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			He didn't listen.
		
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			You want to try again.
		
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			You get another reward.
		
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			Free reward.
		
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			Free reward.
		
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			May Allah make it easy.
		
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			So this point about the Prophet Moses is
		
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			a very interesting point to say, I learned
		
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			a lesson that I will keep doing something.
		
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			Never mind about the result.
		
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			Try to be nice to those around you.
		
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			You never know the moment when they are
		
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			going through something and their hearts are softened
		
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			to what you have just said.
		
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			I know so many people who have had
		
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			such a bad day.
		
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			Some have been fired from their jobs and
		
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			they say the person who smiled at us,
		
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			the person who said a good word to
		
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			us was the one who won our heart
		
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			at that juncture.
		
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			So many people in America and Dr. Muhammad
		
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			has lived there for so many years.
		
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			And he bears witness in the prisons.
		
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			They accept Islam.
		
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			They turn to Islam in great numbers.
		
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			Why?
		
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			They see goodness and kindness of Muslims who
		
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			come.
		
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			Don't worry, my brother, we will sort this.
		
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			SubhanAllah.
		
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			It's a moment when you are soft.
		
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			So, you know, I'm a public speaker.
		
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			I can speak all night, but I think
		
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			this place, Babel, has some beautiful food.
		
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			Notice, notice while Ibrahim, he spoke for a
		
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			few minutes.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Food, my brother.
		
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			Don't, don't, don't be, don't be mistaken.
		
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			He's my friend.
		
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			I can tell you the truth.
		
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			Dr. Salah spoke a little bit longer, but
		
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			he quickly said Habib Albi and he gave
		
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			it to me, right?
		
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			You heard that?
		
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			MashaAllah.
		
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			He gave it to me.
		
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			Here I am, wasting everybody's time.
		
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			Allahumma sa'al.
		
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			But nonetheless, SubhanAllah.
		
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			The people who are going through hardship at
		
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			that moment, someone needs to be kind to
		
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			them.
		
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			Imagine you suffered a loss.
		
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			Someone robbed you.
		
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			Someone took you for a ride and here
		
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			comes a man.
		
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			You see him in the masjid.
		
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			He's smiling.
		
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			He said, brother, don't worry.
		
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			It's going to be fine.
		
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			I also went through a loss and you
		
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			just keep going.
		
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			A day will come when you will gain.
		
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			That one statement can boost your morale.
		
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			Some people get depressed.
		
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			Some people go through mental challenge because I'm
		
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			a human.
		
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			If I suffer a major loss, it's normal
		
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			for me to feel depressed.
		
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			Come on, I'm a human being.
		
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			That's why Allah says, make dua.
		
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			Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal hammi wal
		
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			huzni and so on and so on.
		
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			Make dua.
		
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			Ask Allah.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because those are sicknesses.
		
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			They may bother you as a human.
		
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			It's normal, natural.
		
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			Something happened.
		
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			You had an argument at home or at
		
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			the workplace.
		
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			You feel down.
		
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			You feel sad.
		
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			The first person to actually come and smile,
		
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			maybe buy a little bouquet of flowers, say
		
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			something good.
		
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			The problem is solved like nothing ever happened.
		
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			So make an effort.
		
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			Go easy on people.
		
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			Today, I know and you know, we are
		
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			going through some tough times.
		
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			Anytime anything can happen.
		
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			Anytime anything can happen.
		
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			When Corona happened, oh, it was a shock
		
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			to all of us.
		
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			Now we do believe that there was a
		
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			little bit of exaggeration.
		
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			Maybe, maybe I hope I'm not in trouble
		
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			to say that.
		
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			But we believe that they sent us up
		
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			the wrong tree to a degree.
		
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			I don't know if you agree with me.
		
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			But nonetheless, we learned a lesson.
		
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			People lost their lives.
		
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			May Allah grant them Jannah.
		
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			And people struggled in their families, losing parents
		
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			and so on.
		
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			The world became so much more uncertain after
		
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			that whole episode.
		
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			Today, there is a lot of uncertainty, political
		
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			uncertainty.
		
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			There is so much of economic uncertainty.
		
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			So much.
		
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			Anyone today you can be gaining, tomorrow you
		
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			can be losing.
		
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			And that's why you don't know.
		
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			Go easy on people.
		
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			You also may have difficult days.
		
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			People lost their jobs.
		
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			Go easy on them.
		
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			Say a good word.
		
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			When you say a good word and you
		
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			push someone up, one thing that will happen
		
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			to you.
		
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			When you are low, Allah will send someone
		
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			to push you up.
		
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			Or himself, he will never allow you to
		
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			taste a negative day.
		
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			So learn to respect everyone.
		
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			May Allah Almighty grant us ease and goodness.
		
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			I want to thank brother Tariq, his family
		
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			and all the others.
		
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			Some of the brothers, I don't know your
		
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			names.
		
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			But wallahi, even the families, it was so
		
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			beautiful of you to have come this evening.
		
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			We feel so much at home and we
		
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			feel welcome.
		
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			The fact that so many, you are also
		
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			important people.
		
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			You also have things to do tonight.
		
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			If you were not here, you could have
		
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			done something maybe, you know, that was constructive
		
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			as well.
		
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			The fact that you came, it is an
		
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			honor.
		
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			Thank you so much for honoring us this
		
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			evening.
		
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			Inshallah, we won't waste too much of your
		
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			time.
		
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			You know, the food I'm sure is waiting
		
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			for all of us.