Muhammad Vanker – 2016-11-08 – Importance Of Islamic Upbringing

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The importance of Islam is discussed, including the holy Bible and the responsibility of parents to teach their children to read and value the concept. Visitors are encouraged to find a theater where a doshings were found and to visit countries where little funding is available. The challenges of raising children and protecting locality are also discussed, along with the importance of honoring well-wishes and not denying obligations. The importance of learning the language of Quran and reciting the Quran is also emphasized, along with the importance of showing love to children and their family.

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			Respected on its scholars, all our members,
		
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			beloved brothers, mothers and sisters, and those who
		
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			are listening
		
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			over the receivers
		
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			and the airwaves of Radio Islam International.
		
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			We begin by praising Allah
		
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			our creator, our sustainer, our cherisher.
		
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			We send countless blessings, salutations
		
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			upon our leader and master Nabi Muhammad
		
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			his honorable companions and his household.
		
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			Friends and elders, at the very outset, I
		
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			would like to place on record my appreciation
		
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			to our respected
		
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			principal,
		
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			Kari Musa Sadat,
		
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			who has requested me,
		
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			you know, to speak at this momentous occasion.
		
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			And of course, the Galaxy of Scholars and
		
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			Olama
		
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			that are seated behind me.
		
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			The topic that I've selected for discussion today,
		
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			it is a vital, it is a integral,
		
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			it is a important topic.
		
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			And I was reflecting on what to speak
		
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			about and Allah put these thoughts into my
		
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			heart.
		
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			And that is peaceful
		
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			coexistence.
		
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			They say on one occasion, one particular imam,
		
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			he enters the masjid
		
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			and after ascending the pulpit,
		
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			looking at the congregants, he said, brothers, today
		
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			I have 2 messages for you.
		
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			I have good news
		
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			and I have bad news.
		
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			The good news I have for you is
		
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			we now have sufficient
		
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			funds
		
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			to complete the Masjid project.
		
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			That is the good news.
		
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			Now comes the bad news.
		
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			The bad news is the money is still
		
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			in your pockets.
		
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			In that same breath, I say to you,
		
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			my brothers and sisters,
		
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			as
		
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			Muslims,
		
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			we have good news and we have bad
		
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			news.
		
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			The good news is
		
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			we have that formula
		
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			and we have the recipe
		
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			to rescue the broader world
		
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			from the turbulence and the turmoil it is
		
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			experiencing,
		
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			but the bad news is
		
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			the formula is in my pocket.
		
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			The formula is on my bookshelf.
		
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			The formula is on the tongues of orators
		
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			and speakers.
		
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			I swear by the almighty Allah,
		
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			if only you and I
		
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			can stand up
		
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			to the test of time
		
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			and revive and uplift
		
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			those impeccable
		
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			qualities of the prophet
		
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			and manifest
		
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			those outstanding
		
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			qualities of the nabi of Allah,
		
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			that I will show you in the light
		
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			of Quran and hadith,
		
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			what a positive
		
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			impact
		
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			this will have on the broader people across
		
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			the globe.
		
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			On such a momentous occasion,
		
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			I always say this, to find a obedient
		
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			child
		
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			who is upright in society,
		
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			it is the priceless gift of nature.
		
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			To find a obedient child
		
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			who is upright in society,
		
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			I swear by the almighty Allah,
		
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			it is the priceless gift of nature.
		
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			You know, I have traveled to some countries
		
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			of the world.
		
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			Well, alhamdulillah, we find in this country, during
		
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			the blessed month of Ramadan,
		
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			you know, in some towns where Tarawi performed
		
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			in 10 places,
		
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			20 different venues,
		
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			You travel to some countries of the world,
		
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			they don't even have one half year
		
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			to lead the entire jama' in tarawih salah.
		
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			This is a boon and a bounty from
		
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			the side of Allah.
		
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			You know when Abdul Rahmari ibn A'ouf radiAllahu
		
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			ta'ala Anhu had passed away,
		
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			Auf ibn Malik al Asjai
		
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			had seen him in a vision and a
		
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			dream.
		
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			Bearing in mind, this is a dream of
		
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			a Sahabi.
		
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			What does he see in this dream?
		
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			He says, in my dream I was seeing
		
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			I was walking in a certain place
		
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			and had seen a beautiful environment around me.
		
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			Beautiful scenery around me.
		
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			And there was a flock of goats and
		
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			sheep that was grazing in the nearby vicinity.
		
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			And in the dead center of this garden,
		
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			I had seen a,
		
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			a dome like structure.
		
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			He says, I was intrigued
		
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			and I began walking in this garden.
		
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			I asked those angels that were with me,
		
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			that
		
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			that tell me to who does this garden
		
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			belong,
		
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			Whose animals are grazing in this garden?
		
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			And who does that palace belong to?
		
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			He said, in my dream, I raise my
		
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			voice, I raise my sight.
		
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			And on one of the balconies, I had
		
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			seen
		
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			Abdulrahman bin Auf Abdrahman bin Auf looked at
		
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			me and he said,
		
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			Quran.
		
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			What you see in front of you,
		
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			this is what Allah has blessed me,
		
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			a lieu of my service that I've rendered
		
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			to Quran ekareem.
		
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			This is what Allah has favored me,
		
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			a lieu of my service I have rendered
		
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			to Quran ekareem.
		
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			Friends and elders,
		
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			institutions
		
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			like these,
		
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			may Allah take it from strength to strength.
		
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			These are floats
		
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			that insulate
		
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			our children,
		
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			that protect the iman of our children.
		
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			You know, in the book of Tisawuf Lajatul
		
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			Asrar,
		
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			there is a narration that is recorded
		
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			on the strength of Salman al Almawi.
		
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			He says, 1 night I went to sleep,
		
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			and in my vision
		
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			I had seen Sayyadina Ali bin Abi Talib
		
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			He says, I was reading Quran in my
		
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			dream, and I had seen Sayyadina Ali bin
		
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			Abi Talib.
		
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			Ali
		
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			told me,
		
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			it is because of people like you who
		
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			recite Quran in the early parts of the
		
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			morning
		
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			that protect that town and that city from
		
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			earthquakes and tremors
		
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			that potentially
		
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			could destroy that locality.
		
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			These young boys who have memorized the Quran,
		
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			Allah Allah knows.
		
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			Allahu Akbar.
		
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			You know the famous quotation of Ali bin
		
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			Abi Talib, radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. What he used
		
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			to say
		
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			regarding a youngster who has memorized the Quran,
		
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			he said a young man who has memorized
		
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			the Quran, he quoted the hadith of Nabi
		
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			alaihis salaam. We heard one of our young
		
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			boys reciting that hadith,
		
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			Read and ascend the stages of Jannah. There
		
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			is one narration,
		
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			Nabi alaihis salam said, In nafiljannah
		
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			nahara.
		
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			In Jannah, there is one river.
		
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			Ismuhurrayaan.
		
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			The name of the river is Rayyan,
		
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			alayhim adeenatumimarjan.
		
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			Allah has built one palace on the river,
		
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			laha sabaona Abuwa alfa Abu Abab.
		
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			Leading to this palace
		
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			will be 70,000
		
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			doors, lihamililil
		
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			Quran,
		
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			for the one who has memorized the Quran
		
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			ekareem,
		
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			for the one who has memorized the Quran
		
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			ekareem.
		
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			I always say this, one of the greatest
		
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			challenges
		
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			in this day and age
		
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			is the raising of children. You know when
		
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			the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam had died,
		
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			Anas radhiallahu ta'ala anhu had said that we
		
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			had barely dusted our hands from the grave
		
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			of Nabi alaihis salaam
		
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			and already we found that the conditions around
		
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			us had changed.
		
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			In other words,
		
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			the burial of Nabi alaihis salaam
		
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			which marked the termination of the golden era,
		
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			was felt so instantly,
		
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			so immediately
		
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			that we had barely dusted our hands from
		
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			the grave of Nabi alaihis salaam, and already
		
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			we found that the conditions around us had
		
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			changed. What about you and I who find
		
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			ourselves
		
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			14 centuries down the line, like one Sahabi
		
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			addressing his companions?
		
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			In Bukhari, it is recorded
		
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			that
		
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			He says, today I find many sins
		
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			prevalent and common amongst you which you have
		
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			trivialized,
		
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			which you have regarded to be insignificant.
		
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			He says, I remember very well if that
		
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			very sin had to be committed
		
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			in the era of Muhammad
		
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			that sin would have been regarded as one
		
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			of the most destructive crimes.
		
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			You know when we look within Quran Kareem,
		
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			Allah Talha records the duas of various prophets,
		
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			and Allah Talha records the dua of Ibrahim
		
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			alaihi salaam.
		
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			What dua did Ibrahim alaihis salam make? What
		
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			did he say?
		
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			That, O Allah, save me, save my son,
		
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			save my progeny from worshiping idols.
		
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			He was sent to destroy idol worship, yet
		
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			Ibrahim alaihis salah makes dua to the almighty
		
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			Allah. That, Omay Allah, save my generation from
		
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			worshiping idols.
		
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			Why the environment he was exposed to was
		
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			an environment of idol worship. We know how
		
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			vulnerable our youth are becoming today.
		
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			A boy of tender age
		
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			is vulnerable to such crimes,
		
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			such sins which were unheard of in the
		
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			past. Like one person said it so beautifully
		
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			in the Arabic language,
		
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			he says there is no pleasure in life
		
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			with the exception of 3.
		
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			There are 3 things in life
		
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			that add flavor to human life.
		
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			1 is being in the presence of children.
		
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			I always say this, 1 is the fatigue
		
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			of the day, the tiredness of the day.
		
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			As you walk home, you're fatigued, you're tired,
		
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			you're exhausted.
		
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			As you walk home, one is your beautiful
		
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			wife who has adorned herself for you, and
		
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			one is that sumptuous meal that she has
		
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			prepared for you. But in the middle of
		
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			all this, I always say it is that
		
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			innocent child with that innocent smile.
		
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			It is that innocent child with that innocent
		
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			smile. I swear by the almighty Allah,
		
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			I don't think you can attach any price
		
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			to the smile of that child.
		
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			The
		
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			smile of that young innocent child, it is
		
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			so unique that as those who do not
		
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			have children,
		
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			they are going to the extremes and the
		
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			extents
		
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			of adopting children to get that smile.
		
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			So really appreciate this bounty that Allah has
		
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			given us, this bounty of children. The prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wasallam. You know when we look
		
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			at his life, Allahu Akbar.
		
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			Just to digress for a few minutes. The
		
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			rabi of Allah is sitting on the pulpit
		
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			and delivering the Friday khutbah,
		
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			wajeeb
		
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			khutbah.
		
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			The 2 grandsons of Nabi'alai salam,
		
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			Hassan and
		
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			Hussain
		
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			Just try and appreciate the veracity of this
		
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			incident.
		
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			They come crawling to Masjidun Nabawi. Nabi alaihis
		
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			salam, if he wanted, he could have told
		
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			Sahaba to bring his 2 grandchildren.
		
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			He stops the.
		
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			He
		
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			stops the.
		
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			He descends from the pulpit.
		
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			He picks up his 2 grandchildren
		
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			and he carries them on his shoulders.
		
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			Abu Huraira
		
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			looking at this, looking at these 2 grandchildren.
		
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			And he said that
		
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			how fortunate,
		
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			how fortunate
		
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			are these 2 grandchildren
		
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			who are riding upon the back of the
		
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			greatest of Allah's creation.
		
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			Nabi'alai Salam said,
		
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			O my Sahaba,
		
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			O my Sahaba,
		
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			Allah alone knows the status of Hassan and
		
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			Hussain.
		
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			When we look
		
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			at the love that Bibi alaihis salam
		
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			had for his children Brothers, why I speak
		
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			about this?
		
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			Today we praise everybody else's child.
		
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			I always say this,
		
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			that many of us
		
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			outside the house, we are ever smiling.
		
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			Inside the house, we're never smiling.
		
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			Another man's wife impresses me. My own wife
		
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			depresses me.
		
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			I mean, that's the reality of the situation
		
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			today. Like they say on a light note,
		
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			when you will you find the husband,
		
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			you know, closing the car door for his
		
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			wife. They say either the car is new
		
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			or either the wife is new.
		
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			Either the car is new or either the
		
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			wife is new. So we need to appreciate
		
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			what Allah has given us. There are many
		
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			of us that are sitting here and there
		
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			are many that are listening. Allah has blessed
		
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			us with children.
		
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			How much do we appreciate our children? I
		
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			mean how many children I personally have spoken
		
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			to? Walla Allah, whatever I do is never
		
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			enough.
		
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			Whatever I do is never enough.
		
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			The first lap, first madrassa is the lap
		
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			of the mother.
		
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			The first madrassa,
		
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			these are indeed
		
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			these institutions,
		
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			these are the well wishers
		
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			who join a hands with you in fulfilling
		
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			your responsibility
		
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			as a parent.
		
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			If your child dies without understanding Quran,
		
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			if your child dies without understanding Allah,
		
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			without recognizing
		
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			Allah, Allah will hold no responsible.
		
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			These are indeed the well wishers
		
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			who join a hands with you in fulfilling
		
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			your responsibility
		
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			as a parent.
		
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			Has recorded an incident in Tamirul Ghafireen.
		
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			One day, one father comes to an alim,
		
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			and his father complains to the alim
		
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			that my son is very abusive towards me.
		
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			He's very arrogant towards me.
		
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			So this alim admonished this young boy.
		
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			And
		
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			this young boy looks at the alim,
		
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			and he says that I acknowledge
		
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			that my father has certain rights over me.
		
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			My question to you is,
		
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			do I have any rights over my father?
		
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			I acknowledge my father has certain rights over
		
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			me.
		
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			My question to you is, do I have
		
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			any rights over my father?
		
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			The salim tells this young boy, you have
		
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			three rights.
		
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			When you were when you your father got
		
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			married,
		
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			it was the duty of your father
		
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			to select a noble spouse who will give
		
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			birth to his children.
		
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			Number 2,
		
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			when you were born to give you a
		
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			good Islamic name.
		
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			And number 3, when you matured and attained
		
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			puberty,
		
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			it was the responsibility
		
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			of your father to teach you the knowledge
		
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			of Quran.
		
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			This young boy, he stands up and he
		
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			said, I want to negate all 3.
		
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			When my father got married,
		
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			he got married to a slave girl who
		
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			has no lineage. What did Nabi alaihi salam
		
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			say?
		
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			Get married in a pious family?
		
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			Because not only that woman,
		
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			but the traits of that family will be
		
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			transmitted into your generation.
		
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			He says, number 1, my father when he
		
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			got married,
		
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			he got married to a slave girl who
		
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			has no lineage.
		
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			When I was born,
		
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			he had given me such a name.
		
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			Up to this day, I don't understand what
		
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			it means.
		
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			And number 3, when I matured and attained
		
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			puberty,
		
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			my father did not teach me the knowledge
		
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			of Quran.
		
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			This alim then tells the father,
		
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			you have beguiled
		
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			your son
		
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			before he has beguiled you.
		
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			You have been disloyal to your son
		
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			before he has been disloyal to you.
		
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			So friends and elders,
		
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			these children that Allah has given us, for
		
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			every one of us that has gathered here
		
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			and those of us that are listening,
		
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			this should inspire us. In fact, under the
		
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			commentary of this verse of Quran.
		
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			Where Allah speaks about virtuous deeds,
		
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			this is what will ultimately
		
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			rescue a person on the day of qiyamah.
		
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			According to one narration,
		
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			on the strength of Sayyidina Aisha
		
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			on the day of qiyamah,
		
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			Allah will order that one father be brought
		
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			towards jahannam.
		
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			As this father is brought towards jahannam,
		
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			his young children will come running before Allah,
		
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			and they will say, oh, Allah,
		
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			it is our father
		
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			who instilled morals and values in us.
		
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			Perhaps he faulted in his relation with you
		
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			for which you are justified
		
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			in throwing him into the fire of Jahannam,
		
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			but they will intercede before Allah. The ulama
		
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			have written, there will be those who will
		
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			enter jannah at the hands of the master
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. There will be those
		
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			who will enter jannah at the hands of
		
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			ulama.
		
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			There will be those who will enter jannah
		
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			at the hands of their own children.
		
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			Allah will tell those young children,
		
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			go and hold the hands of your father
		
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			and all of you enjoy jannahat wherever you
		
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			desire.
		
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			Allah alone knows, today we are sitting here,
		
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			my friends and elders, perhaps 2, 300 of
		
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			us, on that day Allah will call this
		
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			young boy.
		
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			Allah will call this young boy. So like
		
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			I'd mentioned
		
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			that it is the responsibility
		
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			of each and every one of us
		
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			to disseminate this knowledge of deen. Many of
		
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			us feel
		
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			that, you know what? I send my child
		
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			to the madrasa.
		
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			It is the responsibility
		
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			of the ra'pa, the maulana
		
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			to teach my son Quran. What did Nabi
		
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			alaihis salam say?
		
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			Four qualities form the good fortune of a
		
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			man.
		
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			Four qualities
		
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			form the good fortune of every man.
		
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			Number 1,
		
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			Number 1 is you have a pious wife.
		
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			If you look at it from a material
		
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			perspective,
		
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			then the good fortune of a man will
		
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			be that you have a beautiful wife. What
		
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			did Nabiyali salam say? You have a pious
		
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			wife.
		
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			Number 2,
		
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			You have obedient children.
		
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			Who are obedient children? In the words of
		
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			Abdullah ibn Abbas
		
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			under the commentary of this verse
		
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			of
		
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			Quran
		
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			Kareem,
		
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			Oh, Allah bless us with such wives and
		
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			such children who become the coolness of the
		
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			eyes of the parents.
		
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			He writes under the commentary of this verse.
		
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			Who are those children
		
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			when you walk into your home? You find
		
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			your son you find your son making the
		
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			tilawat of uraan,
		
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			your daughter sitting on that musalla,
		
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			your wife making the tisbee of Allah. May
		
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			Allah make that a reality in our homes.
		
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			So he says number 2,
		
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			you have a obedient
		
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			you have a pious wife. You have obedient
		
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			children.
		
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			You have good friends, good companions.
		
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			And number 4,
		
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			your sustenance and your livelihood
		
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			is in close proximity
		
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			to where you live
		
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			so you don't have to travel far and
		
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			wide.
		
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			So that person that enjoys these four privileges,
		
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			a pious wife, obedient children,
		
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			good friends, and your sustenance is in close
		
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			proximity
		
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			to where you live,
		
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			consider yourself to be the king of the
		
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			worlds.
		
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			Consider yourself to be the king of the
		
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			worlds.
		
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			One other aspect that I want to speak
		
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			about,
		
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			like I said in the beginning, one is
		
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			to show love to our children,
		
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			to show love to our children.
		
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			That's number 1. Number 2, Nabi'aris Salam said,
		
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			keep the rod hanging
		
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			and warn your children regarding the disobedience
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			Psychologists today will tell you
		
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			what you instill in the child
		
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			up to the age of 7
		
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			that will remain in the child for the
		
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			rest of his life. You know the example
		
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			of that I always give, it's like someone
		
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			who's driving on a road at high speed.
		
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			You know, many a times you speak to
		
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			the children, I don't see you in the
		
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			masjid.
		
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			No. My father said you're still small. When
		
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			you grow up, then you will start reading
		
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			salah.
		
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			You know, many a times we find children,
		
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			mothers bringing the children to the madrasah and
		
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			and the mother says, you know what? Make
		
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			sure you put a scarf on before Mawlana
		
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			sees you.
		
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			What we have adopted this attitude
		
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			that do what I tell you, don't do
		
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			what I do.
		
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			Do what I tell you, don't do what
		
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			I do. It doesn't work that way. Mabi
		
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			alayhi salaam said,
		
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			If someone had to tell you that a
		
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			mountain has moved from its place,
		
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			tell the man, I believe you. But if
		
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			he tells you that so and so youngster
		
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			has abandoned
		
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			an evil practice,
		
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			tell the man, I don't believe you.
		
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			Tell the man, I don't believe you. Nabi
		
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			alaihis salam said the moving of a mountain
		
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			is easier.
		
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			What you will instill in this child
		
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			at that young age
		
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			that will remain with that child for the
		
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			rest of his or her life. So what
		
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			did Abi alaihis salam say? Keep the road
		
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			hanging
		
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			and warn your children regarding the disobedience of
		
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			Allah. You know the example of that I
		
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			always give. It's like a person who's driving
		
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			on road at high speed
		
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			and the camera flashes.
		
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			Natural instinct
		
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			is for you to jam the brake.
		
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			But if you jam the brake, no matter
		
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			how much you jam the brake, inevitably,
		
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			the ticket will come.
		
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			Similarly, what you instill in your children,
		
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			that will catch up with you in the
		
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			latter part of your life.
		
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			What do the ulema write?
		
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			Allah will make your children obedient to you.
		
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			I mean the love of the huffas, the
		
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			love of the olamah.
		
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			Hassan Basri used to say,
		
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			Had it Had it not been because of
		
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			the scholars and the ulama,
		
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			the general masses would have become like animals.
		
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			What did Nabi
		
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			say? Close to the end of time,
		
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			due to the lack of competent scholars and
		
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			ulama,
		
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			people will be compelled
		
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			to appoint ignorant people as the leaders.
		
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			The ignorant people will take up
		
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			leadership positions
		
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			and they will lead the masses astray.
		
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			You know, Zulfiqar
		
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			Naqshbandi some years ago, I recall he was
		
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			in Durban, and Hazrat Wallanah was saying that
		
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			I was sitting in one of the parks
		
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			in America,
		
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			and,
		
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			you know, with his murideen, and one person
		
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			was jogging in the park, you know, short
		
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			pants, no top on. So he comes and
		
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			introduces himself.
		
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			So Mawlana asked him that, you know, what's
		
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			your occupation?
		
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			So he says that I'm writing a tafsir
		
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			of Quran.
		
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			I recall some years ago I was in
		
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			America, you know, one of the universities had
		
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			invited me
		
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			and,
		
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			in one of huge university.
		
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			So the person who's the head of Islamic
		
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			studies,
		
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			who's the head of Islamic studies is a
		
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			Jewish rabbi.
		
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			He speaks fluent classical Arabic.
		
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			And this is something, brothers, that unfortunately,
		
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			we have not studied the language of Quran.
		
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			We have barred ourselves from volumes of Islamic
		
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			knowledge.
		
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			We have barred ourselves from volumes of Islamic
		
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			knowledge.
		
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			Appreciate
		
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			the olamah.
		
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			Appreciate
		
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			the olamah.
		
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			Like I'd mentioned,
		
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			institutions
		
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			like these
		
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			are forts that insulate our children,
		
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			that protect the iman of our children.
		
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			Umar
		
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			He writes a letter
		
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			to the Quran of Quran,
		
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			to those who had memorized the Quran.
		
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			And what does he write in this letter?
		
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			He said,
		
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			Quran.
		
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			Oh, those who have imbibed the word of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Recite the Quran.
		
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			Recite the Quran.
		
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			And then he said,
		
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			close to Qayama,
		
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			a nation will make their presence on this
		
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			earth.
		
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			Quran.
		
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			They will recite the Quran,
		
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			and they will have absolutely
		
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			no knowledge
		
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			with regards to the message of Quran.
		
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			Umar
		
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			said, close to the end of time, don't
		
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			we find it today? Brothers, I know in
		
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			Durban,
		
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			I'm not too sure whether it happens here,
		
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			there are certain people, they call themselves Ahlul
		
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			Quran.
		
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			They say that we sufficed on the Quran.
		
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			We don't need the ahadith of the prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			Umar radiAllahu ta'ala annu said,
		
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			a time will come people will read the
		
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			Quran
		
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			and they will make their own interpretations
		
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			and they will lead the masses astray.
		
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			They will lead the masses astray.
		
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			So we need to appreciate the olamah.
		
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			I don't want to indulge you much further,
		
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			respected elders.
		
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			I had much to mention,
		
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			but my message to you is
		
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			is that let us this should be an
		
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			inspiration, number 1. I see there are many
		
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			elderly people here. You know, I recall some
		
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			years ago, I was traveling and there was
		
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			a brother that was sitting next to me
		
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			on the plane
		
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			and I was going to perform taraweeh.
		
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			So we got speaking and, you know, many
		
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			at times, you know, we find people say,
		
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			Moladhi is this person in my business. He's
		
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			not a Muslim.
		
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			He's asking me something about Islam. I don't
		
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			know what to tell him. We don't know
		
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			where to start, where to end. When it
		
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			comes to sports and politics, we can continue
		
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			speaking
		
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			but we cannot speak about Allah. So I
		
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			started speaking to this man about Quran.
		
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			So I said, this is where I'm off
		
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			to. So he says, what you mean? Do
		
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			you know the Quran by memory? I said,
		
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			of course. I said, not only me. There
		
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			are thousands,
		
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			thousands of youngsters globally.
		
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			When one of the aimah of the harem,
		
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			when he visited South Africa some years ago,
		
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			he says that
		
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			He mentioned this. He said there are more
		
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			hafas of Quran
		
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			in the non Arab world than the Arab
		
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			world itself.
		
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			In the non Arab world than the Arab
		
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			world itself.
		
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			So this brother explained to him about the
		
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			beauty of Quran.
		
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			He was blown away. Nonetheless, I gave him
		
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			my email address and we kept in touch
		
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			and I I sent a copy of Quran,
		
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			the copy of the Quran, the translation, and
		
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			I linked him with a scholar in America.
		
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			And alhamdulillah,
		
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			within 6 months he accepted
		
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			Islam. Become the ambassadors of Quran, my brothers.
		
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			Some years ago, I was in America. I
		
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			see there are many elderly people that are
		
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			sitting here and here again, what did Nabi
		
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			alaihis salam teach us? Nabi alaihis salam taught
		
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			us that one is when you do wrong,
		
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			it's between you and that person.
		
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			Nabi alaihis salam, hadi sequdsi, Allah Tallah says,
		
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			when a person has white hair on his
		
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			head and you don't show respect to that
		
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			person and a person who has the Quran
		
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			al Kareem in his heart and you don't
		
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			revere that young man,
		
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			Allah says, I have declared war with you.
		
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			It's not between you and him, it's me
		
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			and you.
		
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			So this elderly person, I was there for
		
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			the month of Ramadan
		
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			and he had this desire, you know, to
		
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			memorize the Quran.
		
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			It's never too old. You know, person will
		
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			say, I'm 60 years old. I always say
		
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			age is just a number my brother. It's
		
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			never too old.
		
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			The Quran ekareem is unique. SubhanAllah.
		
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			Like we heard today, youngsters
		
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			who could not recite the Quran,
		
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			who cannot speak the Arabic language,
		
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			in 13 months, 15 months have memorized
		
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			6,236
		
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			verses of quradikareem.
		
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			So this brother, after fajar salah, I used
		
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			to recite 1 verse
		
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			and he used to learn the verse. The
		
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			next day he used to read it to
		
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			me. After Ramadan, I told him that, you
		
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			know what? You know, continue. Continue on your
		
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			own.
		
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			3 years down the line, one day he
		
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			calls me. Out of the blue, he said,
		
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			Mawlana, do you remember me? I said, your
		
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			5 your voice is very familiar. He said,
		
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			I just phoned to give you the glad
		
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			tidings that today I will be making khatam
		
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			of Quran.
		
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			So it's never too old. Those of us
		
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			that are sitting
		
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			and we are not reading Quran,
		
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			make a start, my brother.
		
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			Make a start.
		
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			Read 1 verse of Quran but on a
		
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			daily basis. Let us all say, Insha'Allah,
		
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			on a daily basis, we will read Quran.
		
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			Those of us that are reading Quran,
		
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			let us make a concerted effort to memorize
		
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			the Quran al kareem. Allah grant us and
		
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			the ability. There's so much more we could
		
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			have made mention.
		
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			Like I said, I'll be failing in my
		
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			duty if I don't place on record my
		
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			appreciation to Hazrat Ali Musa
		
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			Sadat for inviting me to this jalsa.
		
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			Really, I'm truly humbled
		
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			to sit in front of you, great scholars
		
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			and all amah.
		
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			Many of them have been an inspiration to
		
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			me personally, alhamdulillah.
		
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			Allah take this institution from strength to strength.
		
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			Allah reward those, all those, the trustees,
		
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			the musallis,
		
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			and all those who have contributed, you know,
		
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			to this institution.
		
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			And may you contribute to contribute insha'allah.
		
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			Allah make us amongst those servants, those who
		
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			are after listening. Whatever little was mentioned, we
		
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			bring it physically into practice.
		
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			These are the ones whom Allah has guided.
		
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			And let me leave you with the words
		
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			of Ali binabi Talib
		
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			What he used to say? He said recite
		
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			Quran.
		
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			Recite Quran. Honor the Quran.
		
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			Keep the Quran in front. Don't subject the
		
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			Quran to to follow you.
		
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			Honor the Quran.
		
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			The Quran will stand up on your behalf
		
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			on Qiyamat's day. According to one narration,
		
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			when a person passes away, let me leave
		
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			you with this. You'll be lying in your
		
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			grave.
		
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			An angel will come to you, and he
		
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			will say,
		
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			do you recognize me? You'll say, I don't
		
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			know you. The angel will say,
		
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			I am the Quran that you recited in
		
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			the world.
		
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			I have taken the form of an angel.
		
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			Listen what I have to offer you today.
		
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			I will stand by your side. I will
		
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			illuminate your grave. When the angels come and
		
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			question you, I will answer on your behalf
		
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			and I will not leave you until I've
		
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			not seen you entered into the gardens of
		
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			Jannah.
		
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			Inspire us with the reality.
		
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			Accept the effort of these young lads who
		
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			have memorized Quran.
		
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			Allah, protect the Quran within the bosoms,
		
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			accept the effort of the asatiza of the
		
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			institution
		
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			and
		
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			reward their parents who have sacrificed.
		
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			You know, generally, when we attend jalsas,
		
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			it's a momentous occasion, you know, for parents.
		
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			Family members get together. For many of these
		
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			boys, their parents are sitting in some other
		
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			part of the world. What a moment it
		
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			must be. Today, they are not present but
		
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			on Qiyamid's day when the entire creation from
		
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			Adam alaihis salaam till the last baby that
		
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			will be born will be alive. Jinkind and
		
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			mankind,
		
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			collectively, they will stand up before Allah and
		
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			Allah will honor these youngsters.
		
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			Grant us the and the ability that we
		
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			imbibe the advices of Quran and sunnah.