Muiz Bukhary – The Powerful Significance of Ashura – What Every Muslim Should Know

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The speakers discuss the importance of witnessing the fruit of actions of Allah's guidance, including witnessing the dawn of a new Islamic year and the upcoming ninth of century. They stress the importance of fasting during sh pattern, hiding small deeds, and fasting on the tenth of Obviously. They also discuss the importance of small deeds between individuals and the importance of small deeds between animals. Finally, they express prayers for the people and their followers of Muhammad sallali wa sallam, while also expressing their desire to pray for their brethren.

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			All praise is due to Allah, the Lord
		
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			of all worlds, the most merciful,
		
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			the most compassionate.
		
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			We extol his magnificence. We glorify has
		
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			granted
		
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			us
		
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			life.
		
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			He's
		
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			the
		
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			one
		
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			who has granted us life.
		
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			He's the one who sustains us. He has
		
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			blessed us in so many ways.
		
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			We ask him to send his choices to
		
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			blessings and salutations
		
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			upon the final messenger, our beloved prophet Muhammad
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, his family members, his
		
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			companions, and every single individual
		
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			who wholeheartedly
		
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			and sincerely
		
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			embraces the prophetic teachings, the prophetic path with
		
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			the class with sincerity until the end of
		
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			time.
		
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			I start off by reminding myself and then
		
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			all of you all gathered here for salatul
		
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			jum'ah
		
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			to adopt a life of tapwa, and that
		
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			is to bring in the consciousness of your
		
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			maker where you are aware of him, where
		
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			you acknowledge that he is aware
		
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			of of every action of yours,
		
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			every statement of yours,
		
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			every fleeting
		
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			thought
		
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			that crosses your mind,
		
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			every glance of yours,
		
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			he is aware of everything.
		
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			Not a single
		
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			dry leaf falls to the ground except that
		
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			it is in the knowledge of Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala. So instill this
		
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			into your hearts,
		
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			into your lives.
		
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			Oh, my dear congregation,
		
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			my dear brothers and sisters, if you wish
		
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			to attain victory and success in this world
		
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			as well as the hereafter, may Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala make us all from the people
		
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			of Tapuah, and may he make us from
		
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			the victorious and successful ones. Amen.
		
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			He, Azzavajal,
		
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			has blessed us
		
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			with the opportunity
		
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			to witness the dawn
		
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			of a new Islamic
		
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			year,
		
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			and he has blessed us to witness the
		
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			arrival
		
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			of the sacred month of Muharram.
		
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			Shahru maha il muharram,
		
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			the sacred month of Muharram.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to help
		
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			us to make the most out of this
		
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			brand new year, to make the most out
		
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			of it in terms of being productive
		
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			towards this worldly life as well as the
		
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			hereafter Amin.
		
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			My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala, out of his infinite mercy,
		
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			he has ordained
		
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			certain passages of time
		
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			to be more special than other passages of
		
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			time.
		
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			Certain
		
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			seasons, certain months,
		
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			certain days,
		
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			certain nights.
		
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			And this is from his blessing.
		
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			This is from his boons that he keeps
		
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			sending forth these seasons,
		
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			these times,
		
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			these passages of time, so that we may
		
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			make the most out of these passages of
		
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			time. We so that we may seize these
		
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			passages of time to renew our intentions,
		
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			to strengthen our resolve,
		
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			to
		
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			turn over new leaves,
		
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			to turn to Allah
		
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			seeking his forgiveness,
		
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			to mend our ways,
		
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			to attain the forgiveness of Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala, and to draw nearer to our creator.
		
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			This month, my dear brothers and sisters, the
		
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			month of Muharram,
		
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			the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is recorded.
		
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			We have said along the lines of these
		
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			words
		
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			that after the month of Ramadan,
		
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			fasting is so much emphasized
		
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			during shahrullahiilmuharam.
		
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			The month of Allah which is
		
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			There's a lot of virtue. There is a
		
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			lot of goodness attached to this month.
		
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			This month
		
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			indicates the beginning of a new year, Islamic
		
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			New Year,
		
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			and it is after
		
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			the month of Hajj,
		
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			where it is almost as if a new
		
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			chapter is beginning.
		
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			Allah is giving you a brand new slate,
		
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			brand new opportunities
		
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			to do good deeds, to mend your ways,
		
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			to turn over new leaves,
		
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			to get closer to him as a wajal.
		
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			And during this month,
		
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			there is a powerful
		
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			and special day
		
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			known as Ashura,
		
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			known as Ashura.
		
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			Now, what does Ashura mean?
		
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			Ashura stems from
		
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			the Arabic language,
		
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			Ashur
		
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			or Ashur, which means the tent.
		
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			So Ashura is the tent of Muharram.
		
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			We are a few days away from Ashura.
		
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			We are a few days from the 10th
		
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			of Muharram,
		
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			and this day has a lot of significance.
		
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			It is an extremely powerful day.
		
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			The books of history mentioned
		
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			that it was on this day, on 10th
		
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			of Muharram, that Musa alaihis salatu wassalam was
		
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			saved from Firaun, from the clutches of Firaun,
		
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			from the oppression of Firaun. Musa alaihis salatu
		
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			wassalam
		
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			oppression of Firaoun, Musa alaihis salatu wassalam and
		
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			the followers of Musa alaihis salatu wassalam.
		
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			Likewise, we read that Nuh alaihi
		
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			salatu wasalam, the prophet Noah,
		
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			his ship
		
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			was caused to land on the Mount
		
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			Judi on the 10th of Muharram,
		
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			on Ashura.
		
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			Again, another another symbol of salvation.
		
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			Another very powerful,
		
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			event. So if you look through the annals
		
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			of history, you see significance attached to this
		
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			day
		
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			during the time of Musa alaihis salatu wasalam,
		
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			during the time of Nuh alaihis salatu wasalam.
		
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			So throughout the annals of history, there's so
		
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			much of significance attached to this day.
		
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			And for those of you who are not
		
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			familiar or not aware,
		
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			fasting on 10th of Muharram
		
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			was mandatory,
		
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			was obligatory
		
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			prior to Ramadan
		
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			being made mandatory.
		
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			Prior to the month of Ramadan being made
		
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			mandatory
		
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			for us believers to fast, fasting on 10th
		
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			was mandatory.
		
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			So after Ramadan was made obligatory,
		
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			the following year,
		
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			the obligation to fast on the 10th of
		
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			Muharram
		
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			was dropped
		
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			was dropped to being highly recommended.
		
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			So the obligation was abrogated
		
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			and the recommendation by the prophet sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam, a high and strong recommendation
		
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			was put into place. In terms of rewards,
		
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			by fasting the tenth of Ashura, one day,
		
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			the minor sins of the previous year are
		
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			forgiven by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So my
		
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			reminder today, my dear brothers and sisters in
		
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			Islam,
		
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			for this year, at the beginning of the
		
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			year, the inception of the year, do not
		
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			lose sight
		
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			of the small things.
		
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			Do not lose sight of the small things.
		
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			Do not trivialize
		
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			the small things.
		
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			At times, our focus is on the big
		
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			things.
		
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			It's not bad. It's good to hide have
		
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			high aspirations,
		
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			big dreams.
		
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			But in the process,
		
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			don't lose sight of the small deeds,
		
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			don't lose sight of the small things, don't
		
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			trivialize
		
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			the small things.
		
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			I want to share a story.
		
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			Some of you might have heard of this
		
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			scholar.
		
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			Imam al Abazali rahi mahuallahi passes away
		
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			and now,
		
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			a student of his,
		
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			a follower of his,
		
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			again another very righteous individual,
		
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			a scholar perhaps in his own right
		
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			sees Imam al Ghazali in a dream.
		
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			And Imam al Ghazali,
		
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			he looks happy,
		
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			He looks
		
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			content.
		
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			So, he asks Imam Al Hazali,
		
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			oh my teacher, oh sheikh,
		
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			oh imam,
		
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			how did you fare with Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala?
		
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			Is that not the pertinent question?
		
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			Is that not the pertinent question? Think of
		
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			it. If you are to stand in front
		
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			of a supreme court, in front of a
		
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			judge,
		
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			a worldly verdict,
		
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			There's a lot of importance attached to it.
		
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			Here you are standing in the court of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			The Lord of all worlds.
		
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			So how did you fare with Allah?
		
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			So, Imam al Abazali responds,
		
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			he forgave me
		
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			and
		
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			admitted me into his gardens.
		
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			So now the student
		
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			asks,
		
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			oh, Imam,
		
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			Was it
		
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			because of all your good deeds?
		
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			Was it because of your discourses?
		
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			Was it because of your sermons?
		
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			Was it because of your lectures?
		
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			Was it because of the books that you
		
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			have compiled,
		
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			that you have authored?
		
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			He has compiled many books. So, is it
		
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			because of all of that?
		
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			All of this, you know, amount of good
		
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			deeds, obviously. Yeah. You are a legend.
		
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			Was it because of all of that?
		
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			Imam Al Abazali
		
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			looks down and he responds, Allah. No.
		
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			No.
		
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			But on the other hand,
		
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			one night,
		
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			I was writing.
		
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			I was writing.
		
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			He was basically writing.
		
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			And, I mean, unlike today, I mean, they
		
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			didn't obviously have iPads and word processors and
		
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			whatnot, MacBooks and
		
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			computers.
		
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			It was the old fashioned
		
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			ink pot where you have to dip the
		
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			the quill into it and write.
		
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			And, obviously, the the ink of those days
		
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			were, I would say,
		
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			not
		
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			made
		
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			of harsh and strong chemicals like they are
		
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			today.
		
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			They were made of, you know,
		
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			ingredients derived from plants and water and, obviously,
		
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			a lot less harmful.
		
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			So he says, I was dipping the feather,
		
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			the quill into the ink pot and I
		
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			was writing. And, whilst I was writing,
		
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			a fly, zubab,
		
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			a fly
		
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			comes and lands
		
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			on
		
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			the quill
		
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			as I was writing.
		
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			And, it started it started to make its
		
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			way towards the moisture,
		
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			towards the ink.
		
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			And, I paused my writing
		
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			and I remained motionless
		
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			because I felt this little bit of mercy
		
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			towards the fly
		
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			thinking that perhaps it is thirsty,
		
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			let it quench its thirst.
		
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			That's it.
		
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			That's
		
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			it. When I stood in front of Allah,
		
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			I was overwhelmed
		
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			with awe.
		
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			Overwhelmed with awe. Think about it. When you
		
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			are in front of an important personality,
		
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			you're filled with awe.
		
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			Here you are in front of Allah, technically.
		
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			That should be a believers awe filled moment.
		
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			So, he says, I was filled with awe
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he asks me,
		
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			what about your actions?
		
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			I was filled with awe. I could not
		
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			respond.
		
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			Then Allah aasub ajal, he says,
		
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			do you remember, oh my slave, on this
		
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			night,
		
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			a fly came and landed on your quill.
		
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			And there was this little
		
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			mercy because of that mercy that you showed,
		
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			I forgive you of all of your sins,
		
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			and I accept
		
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			all of your good deeds,
		
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			and I will admit you into my garden.
		
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			Allahu Akbar.
		
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			Again, hadith is recorded in the book of
		
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			Imam al Bukhari, imam Muslim
		
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			Rahim. Many of you are familiar with the
		
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			hadith. A prostitute
		
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			a prostitute
		
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			whose job is her career is prostitution.
		
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			She
		
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			comes across a dog
		
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			panting,
		
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			lolling its tongue out.
		
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			What does she do? She feels sorry for
		
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			the dog.
		
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			She shows mercy to the dog, Allahu
		
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			Akbar.
		
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			By doing what? By quenching the thirst of
		
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			that dog. And what does the messenger sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wa sallam tell us? Because of that
		
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			deed,
		
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			she's going to be forgiven. She's inshallah going
		
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			to go to Jannah.
		
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			At times, our focus is on lofty deeds.
		
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			I'm not undermining the deeds. Strive as much
		
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			as you can. But in the process,
		
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			don't lose sight of the small deeds.
		
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			The small deeds that are between you and
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Between you and Allah. Ikhlas,
		
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			purity,
		
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			sincerity,
		
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			and that perhaps maybe the deed that you
		
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			will see when you stand in front of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			You know, all your and all your charity
		
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			and all of that may be hinged
		
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			onto that tiny small deed, the acceptance of
		
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			that deed. Just like in the story of
		
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			Muhammad Al Ghazali. Because of the mercy that
		
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			he showed to the fly, all of his
		
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			deeds were accepted by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So, my dear
		
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			brothers and sisters in Islam,
		
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			let us strive
		
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			to seize these small deeds like fasting on
		
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			10th of Muharram.
		
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			Your sins are forgiven. Your minor sins are
		
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			forgiven. Let us strive on that day. It
		
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			is a special day. The prophet salallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam, he goes to Madinah.
		
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			He sees the Jews fasting on on
		
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			10th of Muharram.
		
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			The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam asks them
		
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			why. And they say because this day is
		
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			special to us with regards to Musa alaihi
		
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			wa sallam. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
		
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			then
		
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			emphasizes,
		
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			we have more rights over Moses than you
		
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			do.
		
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			And he instructs the Sahaba
		
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			to fast. He fasted and he went on
		
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			to say, if I were to live
		
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			the following year,
		
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			I would fast the 9th as well. The
		
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			messenger of Allah salallahu alaihi wa sallam did
		
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			not live to see the next year, but
		
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			he indicated that if I were to live,
		
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			I would fast the 9th as well, 9th
		
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			10th. And this is why it is highly
		
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			recommended based on the indication by the messenger
		
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			of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam to fast
		
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			on 9th
		
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			10th
		
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			or 10th
		
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			11th or the bare minimum, just 10th. So
		
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			in terms of recommendation, try to pair the
		
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			10th. Either you fast 9th 10th. If you
		
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			miss the 9th, then you fast 10th 11th.
		
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			Or if it is difficult for you to
		
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			fast 2 days, then focus on just one
		
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			day and fast on 10th because that is
		
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			the most important day.
		
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			Before I conclude, I also want to mention
		
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			something because people tend to have or ask
		
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			this question often. It is important to note
		
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			that the 10th of Muharram
		
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			also
		
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			coincides with
		
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			a very tragic event in Islamic history,
		
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			and that is the massacre of Hussain Radiallahuan,
		
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			the beloved grandson of Muhammad sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wa sallam. Now, obviously, whilst this tragedy
		
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			is,
		
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			significant and sorrowful event,
		
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			it is important to understand as believers, as
		
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			followers of Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam, that
		
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			this event
		
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			is not related to the sanctity of the
		
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			day of Ashura itself.
		
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			It is not related or connected That
		
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			is part of
		
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			that is part of Islamic history.
		
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			It occurred,
		
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			coincidentally,
		
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			on 10th of Ashura,
		
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			But it has nothing to do with the
		
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			significance of Ashura. As you can see, it
		
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			goes back to the time of Musa alayhi
		
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			salatu wasalam and even the time of Nuh
		
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			alayhi salatu,
		
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			was salam. And we as believers,
		
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			we do not look let me repeat. We
		
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			do not look at the 10th of Muharram
		
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			as a day of mourning. Rather,
		
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			we look at the tent of Muharram
		
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			as a day of Ibadah,
		
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			as a day of worship,
		
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			as was
		
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			instructed to us by our messenger, Muhammad sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			So for us believers, it is not a
		
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			day of mourning, rather it is a day
		
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			of a
		
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			day of worship through which we get closer
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So my dear brothers and sisters in Islam,
		
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			as I conclude,
		
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			I sincerely pray unto Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			that he helps each and every one of
		
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			us to make the most out of this
		
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			brand new year. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			help us all to make the most
		
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			out of the month of Muharram.
		
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			And whilst we are engaging in these good
		
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			deeds, whilst we raise our hands, we also
		
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			make dua for our brethren in Palestine. We
		
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			make dua for our brethren in Uzza who
		
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			are suffering
		
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			who are suffering. We sincerely pray that Allah
		
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			eases their affairs. The children there, they're saying
		
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			that we pray 6 times a day.
		
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			Not 5 times, 6 times a day.
		
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			Every single day.
		
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			Every single day.
		
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			So we sincerely pray
		
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			because of the atrocities and oppression that they
		
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			are undergoing. That Allah eases their affairs. That
		
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			Allah accepts their martyrs. That Allah raise their
		
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			ranks. And that Allah fills
		
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			their hearts with patience. And may Allah give
		
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			them lofty ranks in Jannah for everything that
		
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			they're going through. And, likewise, just as how
		
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			he united us here in this masjid, may
		
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			he unite us in the beautiful and lofty
		
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			gardens of Jannah, in the companionship of our
		
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			beloved prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Ameen
		
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			Amin