Mufti Menk – You Should Be Concious of Your Smell

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The speaker discusses the importance of smell and being conscious of it, especially in regards to one's health and behavior. They emphasize the need to be aware of one's smell, especially if it is related to personal health or behavior. The speaker also mentions the importance of avoiding harms breath and being confident in one's Islam teachings.

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			You know what? You're gonna have to bear
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			patience, regarding a few things maybe.
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			They might be an asset or they might
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			not be. The prophet
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			tells us about the Masjid. That when you
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			go to the masjid, make sure there is
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			no foul smell coming from you.
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			If you've eaten
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			something strong, eaten
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			garlic. You know, garlic sauce is a condiment
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			that a lot of us
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			really enjoy when you're dipping the right thing
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			in that sauce.
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			Sorry for speaking about it just before we're
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			opening our fast, but it's one of those
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			things. And you dip it, and what happens?
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			Your mouth, you don't realize you enjoyed it,
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			but you go to someone, salamah.
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			As you want to open your mouth and
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			the person is like, oh, you're saying salamah
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			alaykum. It's more like smell alaykum. You know?
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			May Allah
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			forgive us.
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			Allah tells us through the blessed lips of
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			Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam that if you're
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			coming to the Masjid, make sure you've gargled,
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			you've eaten onion or garlic or something strong.
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			If that is the case, and it is,
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			what about if your perspiration is really, you
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			know, on 99.9?
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			What would you have to do? Wallahi, you'd
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			have to
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			ensure that you're smelling good. You know, perfume
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			or something decent or an underarm earlier on
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			in the day so that when you come,
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			you're okay. You're not harming people with your,
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			what you call, a scent, but they might
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			call a stench.
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			And why I say that is because some
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			people enjoy onion, but they don't realize, wow,
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			that was so good. The next person doesn't
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			think the same.
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			So we need to be so conscious of
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			a smell, a foul smell as believers.
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			Imagine if you're harming them with your mouth,
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			with your words, and physically.
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			How would that be? Don't you see that
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			the blessed
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			teachings of Islam
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			are such that we would be the biggest
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			assets to those whom we interact with on
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			a daily basis?
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			Biggest assets. If you pass me on the
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			path by the will of Allah, I will
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			ensure that somehow
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			you have a pleasant experience.
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			May Allah make us that way.