Mustafa Abu Rayyan – Story Nights The Chosen Family – Story Of Ale Imraan

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The segment discusses the struggles of women during pregnancy and the importance of being a leader and role model. The Prophet lobby for praising the culture of shaitan pokes and the importance of worship and family. The speakers emphasize the need for awareness and guidance in achieving success in worship, the importance of acceptance and being recognized for being a good person, and the importance of praying and communicating with Allah in one's life. They also touch on the topic of " sights" and "the" meaning "has," and emphasize the importance of being both men and women. The segment concludes with a discussion of blessings and opportunities for people to tell about them.

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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
		
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			Alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen.
		
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			Wa bihi nasta'eenu ala umuri al-dunya
		
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			wa al-deen.
		
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			Wal aqibatil mutaqeen wa la'udwani ila ala
		
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			al-dhalimeen.
		
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			Wa sallallahu wa sallamu ala nabiyyina muhammadin wa
		
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			ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'een.
		
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			Insha'Allahu ta'ala, as promised, tonight's talk,
		
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			lecture, is a reflection over the story of
		
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			a remarkable woman mentioned in the Qur'an
		
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			and her family.
		
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			This family that we're going to talk about
		
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			is so important that Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala named a whole chapter of the Qur
		
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			'an after them.
		
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			And there's a lot that we can learn
		
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			about this family.
		
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			And this is the third surah in the
		
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			Qur'an.
		
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			Surah al-Imran.
		
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			Surah al-Imran.
		
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			And al-Imran means the family of Imran.
		
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			And for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
		
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			pick one family out of the thousands and
		
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			thousands and thousands and millions of families that
		
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			ever existed and name a whole chapter after
		
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			them, we have to ask ourselves what makes
		
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			them so special.
		
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			And this family, when we say ahl al
		
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			-Imran, who are we talking about?
		
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			We're talking about a man and his wife
		
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			and their daughter and their grandson.
		
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			A man and his name was Imran.
		
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			His wife whose story is told in the
		
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			Qur'an but Allah just calls her Imra
		
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			to Imran, the wife of Imran.
		
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			But according to other sources, we know that
		
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			her name was Hanna.
		
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			If you look at the Christian traditions, they
		
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			call her Ann or Saint Ann, Hanna.
		
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			And Imran and Hanna were married and eventually
		
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			they have a daughter.
		
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			And that daughter ended up being the greatest
		
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			woman to have ever walked this earth, Maryam.
		
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			So now you can tell me who their
		
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			grandson is.
		
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			Who's their grandson?
		
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			Prophet Isa.
		
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			Because Prophet Isa has a lineage I guess
		
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			through his mother's side.
		
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			His mother Maryam and then Imran and Hanna.
		
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			So that's ahl al-Imran.
		
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			Allah says in the Qur'an وَآلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ
		
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			وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ Allah mentions some people
		
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			that he chose.
		
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			اِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَىٰ آدَمَ Allah chose Adam.
		
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			وَنُوحًا Allah chose Nuh.
		
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			وَآلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ Allah chose Ibrahim and his family
		
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			and lineage.
		
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			وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ and the family of Imran عَلَى
		
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			الْعَالَمِينَ above everyone else.
		
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			They were very special.
		
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			And when Allah chooses people it's because they
		
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			are deserving of that choice.
		
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			They are the most pious, the most devout.
		
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			Allah immediately speaks about the wife of Imran.
		
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			And she is almost the main character that
		
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			you learn about.
		
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			Of course it ends up becoming more about
		
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			her daughter Maryam and her son Prophet Isa.
		
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			But the mother of Maryam Hanna very special
		
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			woman.
		
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			Very special woman.
		
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			And Allah shows us a conversation that she
		
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			has with Allah.
		
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			Allah tells us about an incident that happens
		
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			between the mother of Maryam and Allah where
		
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			they are speaking.
		
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			And you see a conversation.
		
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			Maryam speaks to Allah often.
		
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			Not Maryam often.
		
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			Hanna, the mother of Maryam speaks to Allah
		
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			often.
		
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			Now when we tend to talk about Allah
		
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			we tend to talk about making dua to
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Each one of us here has made dua
		
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			to Allah.
		
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			Oh Allah grant me Jannah.
		
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			Oh Allah grant me health.
		
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			Oh Allah forgive my sins.
		
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			We make dua.
		
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			But what you find here is Maryam is
		
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			not making I keep saying Maryam.
		
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			Umm Maryam, the mother of Maryam is not
		
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			necessarily just only making dua.
		
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			She's talking to Allah.
		
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			She's talking to Allah.
		
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			And that's something that a lot of us
		
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			miss sometimes.
		
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			Are you the kind of person that speaks
		
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			to Allah?
		
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			And you're like, Sheikh Bahauddin, I speak to
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Do you mean read the Quran?
		
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			Do you mean pray?
		
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			No, no, I mean speak to Allah.
		
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			Look, she says She's
		
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			saying to Allah, Oh Allah, if I get
		
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			pregnant and if I can give you the
		
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			back story they were trying to conceive for
		
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			a very long time.
		
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			If there's anyone that is struggling to conceive
		
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			and has been married for a long time
		
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			you'll find in the Quran many great people
		
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			that also struggle to conceive.
		
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			You'll find Prophet Ibrahim and his wife struggling
		
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			to conceive until Allah gives them the glad
		
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			tithing with Ishaq.
		
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			فَبَشَّرَّهُ بِإِسْحَاقِ وَمِنْ وَرَىٰ إِسْحَاقِ يَعْقُوبِ So after
		
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			a very long time, Allah blesses them with
		
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			Ishaq.
		
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			You find Zakaria struggling to have a child
		
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			and we'll mention this later.
		
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			You have now the mother of Maryam and
		
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			Imran they were struggling to have a child
		
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			and some of the traditions mention that there
		
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			were many miscarriages.
		
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			So there is this worry and this teaches
		
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			you something immediately which is that if you
		
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			are struggling if you have a miscarriage if
		
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			you're struggling to have a child or any
		
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			other number of calamities one of the biggest
		
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			lessons we learn from the Quran when we
		
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			read the stories of the people that came
		
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			before us the righteous people that came before
		
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			us and they struggled is that struggling in
		
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			life does not mean Allah does not love
		
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			you.
		
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			Because the people Allah loves the most struggle
		
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			in life.
		
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			If you're going through marriage problems if you're
		
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			going through health problems if you're going through
		
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			financial problems it's never an indication that Allah
		
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			does not love you.
		
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			Rather, it could be an indication that Allah
		
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			does love you because Allah tests those who
		
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			He loves the most and that's such a
		
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			beautiful thing to know.
		
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			So now, some of the narrations they mention
		
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			that one day she saw a bird feeding
		
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			its young and she looked at it and
		
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			she wishes she had that which is natural
		
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			a woman would love to have a child.
		
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			And this inspired her to make dua and
		
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			you'll find a theme here of inspiration to
		
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			make dua and to speak to Allah.
		
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			So she is inspired to ask Allah when
		
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			she sees a bird feeding its young that
		
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			she wishes she could also nurture someone.
		
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			So she asks Allah.
		
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			And when she's asking Allah she's already pregnant,
		
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			she doesn't know and her husband passes away.
		
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			Imran passes away.
		
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			A few things I should mention about Imran
		
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			Imran was not a prophet but he was
		
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			a scholar and he was among the people
		
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			that were leading the call to Islam and
		
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			was in charge of Baitul Maqdis.
		
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			So he was an important figure.
		
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			And around that time you also have Prophet
		
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			Zakariya who was alive at that time as
		
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			well.
		
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			And there's a relationship between Zakariya and Imran
		
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			because Zakariya will have a son called Yahya
		
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			and Zakariya was married to the sister of
		
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			Hanna.
		
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			So Hanna's older sister is the wife of
		
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			who?
		
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			Prophet Zakariya.
		
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			So when eventually Prophet Zakariya has Yahya what
		
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			are Yahya and Isa to each other?
		
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			Jazakumullahu khair.
		
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			And the prophet said so.
		
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			Last night I was doing the seerah class
		
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			and for those of you that don't know
		
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			we run regular classes throughout the week.
		
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			Every Monday there's an aqeedah class every Wednesday
		
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			there is a fiqh class and every Friday
		
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			there's a seerah class which I highly encourage
		
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			all of you to attend if you're not
		
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			already.
		
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			I do see a lot of faces that
		
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			are regulars.
		
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			So we mentioned that the prophet during the
		
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			night journey he meets Prophet Yahya and Prophet
		
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			Isa and they're together.
		
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			And one of the riwayats mentioned that he
		
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			said I met the two cousins.
		
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			So we'll talk about Zakariya later.
		
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			Let's go back to the mother of Maryam.
		
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			She's pregnant and then she makes a promise
		
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			to Allah.
		
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			She makes a promise to Allah.
		
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			Oh Allah I pledge to you that whatever
		
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			is in my womb will be in service
		
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			of you always.
		
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			And this concept of I vow to you
		
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			oh Allah what's in my womb will be
		
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			devoted to you and to the service and
		
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			to worship and to baytul maqdis.
		
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			There's a question here.
		
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			Can a mother make that pledge to say
		
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			oh Allah the child that will be born
		
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			to me will be in service of your
		
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			ibadah and that's it.
		
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			In other words it will not pursue any
		
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			worldly matters and will be devoted to the
		
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			masjid to worship.
		
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			The ulama say in the previous times this
		
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			was a right that the parents had.
		
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			They could do.
		
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			They could just pick one of their children
		
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			and pledge it to baytul maqdis.
		
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			But now if you have a child and
		
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			also we don't have that concept of someone
		
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			that has just pledged just to be in
		
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			the masjid and to worship.
		
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			The ulama of Muhammad s.a.w as
		
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			much as you commit yourself to the dawah
		
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			and to the masjid and to worship you
		
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			also have worldly responsibilities that you devote yourself
		
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			to as well and we balance the two.
		
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			But back then you had people that would
		
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			just solely be there to worship and to
		
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			preach and to learn.
		
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			Does that make sense?
		
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			So she's making that vow.
		
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			And she's saying to Allah oh Allah whatever
		
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			is in my womb is going to be
		
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			dedicated to you.
		
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			And back then this type of dedication was
		
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			only for men.
		
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			For men.
		
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			Men would do this.
		
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			Not women.
		
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			Then she's pregnant.
		
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			What happens?
		
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			And then she says innaka anta samiul alim
		
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			She mentions this.
		
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			She says rabbi inni nazartu lakama fi patni
		
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			muharra Oh Allah I have pledged what's in
		
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			my womb for you and to be in
		
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			service and in worship for you.
		
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			fataqabbal minni Oh Allah accept this from me.
		
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			So this is a dua Oh Allah accept
		
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			this from me.
		
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			Why oh Allah innaka anta samiul Indeed you
		
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			are the all hearing.
		
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			al-alim the all knowing.
		
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			And this is very important the word in
		
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			Allah you say samiul alim will circle back
		
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			to these names.
		
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			Then what happens?
		
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			Allah mentions that she gave birth.
		
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			And then falamma wada'at when she gave
		
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			birth she says rabbi inni wada'tuha umtha Oh
		
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			Allah I gave birth to a female to
		
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			a woman to a girl.
		
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			wallahu a'lamu bima wada't And Allah knows
		
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			best what she gave birth to.
		
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			Allah is the creator.
		
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			Then she says walaysa dhakroo kal umtha Oh
		
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			Allah the boy is not like the girl.
		
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			wa inni samaituha mariam Oh Allah I named
		
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			her Mariam.
		
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			Is this a dua or is she just
		
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			telling Allah something?
		
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			What do you guys think?
		
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			Is she making dua or is she telling
		
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			Allah?
		
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			She's saying Ya Allah I named her Mariam.
		
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			Ya Allah it's a girl not a boy.
		
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			Ya Allah She's having a conversation with Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			You'd imagine that's the kind of conversation you
		
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			would have with someone.
		
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			But this is really important.
		
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			It teaches us something.
		
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			My brothers and my sisters Allah hears you.
		
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			Speak to Allah.
		
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			And get into the habit of speaking to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Do you not have troubles and struggles?
		
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			Do you not have wishes and dreams?
		
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			Ya Allah You know me and I have
		
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			been struggling with this.
		
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			Ya Allah I would like this.
		
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			Ya Allah This happened today and speak to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Allah comes and tells us He is Samee
		
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			'un Utilize this and learn this from the
		
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			mother of Maryam.
		
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			Allah is showing us how comfortable she was
		
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			to converse with her Lord.
		
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			And wallahi sometimes when we distance ourselves from
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala you feel almost
		
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			like a void that you can easily fill
		
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			by coming back to Allah after Salah when
		
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			you wake up at night when you're alone
		
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			in your car whatever it is and whenever
		
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			it is.
		
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			And sometimes we complicate it when it comes
		
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			to our communication with our Creator.
		
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			We complicate it I remember one time and
		
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			I think I've told the story before I
		
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			took a group for Umrah and there was
		
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			this Bulgarian woman with us.
		
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			Mashallah she was so dedicated very dedicated and
		
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			she was insisting on she was quite old
		
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			as well but she was insisting on not
		
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			using any support or anything like that.
		
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			And she had a stack of papers with
		
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			her and in it were transliterations of du
		
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			'as.
		
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			She has so many of them with her.
		
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			And then when she's making tawaf she's doing
		
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			this and she's struggling and she has to
		
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			stand and check and I told her get
		
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			rid of these papers.
		
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			But she said but these du'as I
		
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			said no Allah understands you.
		
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			Allah understands you.
		
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			Allah understands every language.
		
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			Allah knows what you want before you even
		
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			speak.
		
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			Just make du'a.
		
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			Just make du'a.
		
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			Raise your hands, ya Allah in any language
		
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			you want.
		
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			Pour your heart out.
		
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			Ya Allah, forgive my sins.
		
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			Ya Allah, help me.
		
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			Ya Allah, you know the troubles I have.
		
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			Ya Allah, I need you.
		
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			English, Urdu, Somali, Arabic it does not matter.
		
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			And sometimes we make it so difficult on
		
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			ourselves.
		
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			Not only should you make du'a to
		
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			Allah but you should speak to Allah.
		
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			Oh Allah, I named my daughter Maryam.
		
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			She says.
		
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			It's like someone saying today Oh Allah, I
		
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			named my son Abdullah because I want him
		
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			to worship you.
		
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			Oh Allah, I named my son Muhammad because
		
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			I love my Prophet and I want him
		
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			to be like him.
		
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			Oh Allah, today I got the job that
		
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			I wanted and I wanted to thank you
		
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			and praise you.
		
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			Oh Allah, thank you for allowing me to
		
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			go to the masjid today.
		
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			Oh Allah, today my family are all safe
		
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			and healthy.
		
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			I praise you and I thank you.
		
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			This is what we need.
		
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			This is what it means to have a
		
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			relationship with Allah SWT.
		
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			The most important relationship you will ever have.
		
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			رَبِّ إِنِّي وَضَعْتُهَا أُنثَى She says.
		
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			Oh Allah, I gave birth to a woman.
		
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			She has no idea at that time that
		
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			she gave birth to the single greatest woman.
		
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			Allah says about Maryam.
		
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			يَا مَرْيَمْ وَقُنُتِي لَرَبِّكِ وَسْجُدِي وَرَكَعِي مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ
		
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			Allah mentions about Maryam how special she is.
		
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			وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمْ Allah named the whole
		
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			surah after her and tells her story over
		
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			and over again.
		
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			Allah calls her Siddiqah.
		
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			وَأُمُّهُ صِدِّيقَةً Maryam was a Siddiqah.
		
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			Just like Abu Bakr as-Siddiq.
		
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			She was someone who reached the highest point
		
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			of faith and Iman.
		
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			That day, she gave birth to Maryam.
		
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			Now, what is her concern?
		
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			That she wants to devote this child to
		
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			Baitul Maqdis, to Al-Aqsa.
		
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			But the only people that would be devoted
		
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			used to be boys.
		
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			Now, she gave birth to a girl.
		
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			She doesn't know what to do.
		
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			وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمِ مِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ ذِكَلُكَ الْأُنْثَى وَإِنِّي
		
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			سَمَيْتُهَا مَرْيَمْ Then she makes a dua.
		
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			وَإِنِّي أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ Oh
		
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			Allah, I seek refuge in you to protect
		
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			her from the shaytan not just her, but
		
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			her children as well.
		
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			Who will be the children of Maryam?
		
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			Prophet Isa a.s. So you have now
		
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			the grandmother of Isa making dua for Isa
		
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			before, right after the birth of Maryam.
		
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			Look at the vision the prophets had.
		
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			They wouldn't only make dua for themselves or
		
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			their children.
		
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			They would make dua for their grandchildren and
		
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			generations to come.
		
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			Generations to come.
		
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			Look at Prophet Ibrahim a.s. A moment
		
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			where Prophet Ibrahim Allah gave him one of
		
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			the greatest gifts.
		
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			وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ When Allah says to Ibrahim
		
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			إِنِّي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا After Ibrahim did so
		
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			many great acts of worship so many acts
		
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			of devotion after Ibrahim passed all the tests
		
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			Allah said, Oh Ibrahim, I reward you by
		
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			making you for all of mankind a leader.
		
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			Isn't that a great occasion?
		
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			Allah said to Ibrahim I'm making you a
		
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			leader and a role model to all of
		
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			mankind.
		
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			إِنِّي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا The first reaction would
		
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			be الحمد لله Immediately what does Ibrahim say?
		
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			قَالَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي What about my offspring and
		
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			my children?
		
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			What about my offspring and my children?
		
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			Because they wanted to pass down blessings and
		
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			guidance.
		
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			So not only should you be in the
		
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			habit of making dua for yourself and your
		
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			children but their children and their children as
		
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			well.
		
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			She said وَإِنِّي أُعِذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ
		
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			The Prophet ﷺ told us a fascinating thing.
		
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			The Prophet ﷺ said when every child is
		
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			born the shaitan pokes them.
		
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			That's why they cry.
		
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			A shaitan pokes every child when they are
		
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			born except for two.
		
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			Which two are they?
		
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			Maryam and Prophet Isa.
		
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			And then Abu Hurairah narrates the hadith that
		
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			Maryam and Prophet Isa the shaitan did not
		
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			come near them when they were born.
		
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			Because Allah accepted the dua of the mother
		
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			of Maryam, Hanna.
		
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			وَإِنِّي أُعِذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ And then
		
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			Abu Hurairah said if you want, read the
		
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			ayah.
		
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			وَإِنِّي أُعِذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ Allah
		
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			says فَتَقَبَّلَهَا رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٍ Allah accepted it
		
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			from her.
		
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			Allah accepted her dua initial dua of wanting
		
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			a child.
		
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			Allah accepted from her her promise to dedicate
		
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			her child and one of his womb to
		
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			the service and the worship of Allah.
		
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			Allah accepted from her to protect Maryam and
		
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			Isa from the shaitan.
		
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			وَإِنِّي أُعِذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَتَقَبَّلَهَا
		
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			رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٍ وَأَنْبَتَهَا نَبَاتًا حَسَنًا وَكَفَّلَهَا
		
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			زَكَرِيَّةً Now Zakariya is mentioned in the story.
		
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			So what happened?
		
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			Maryam's mother, Hanna has dedicated Maryam to Baitul
		
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			Maqdis and that's where she was.
		
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			From a young age, that's where she was.
		
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			And one of the thing was she was
		
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			so special and her father was so special
		
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			and her father and mother were known to
		
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			be devout people.
		
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			And again here you learn another lesson which
		
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			is the importance of being someone that is
		
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			known for worship in the community and goodness
		
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			and righteousness because this brings about more barakah
		
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			to your life that you are a family.
		
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			Like you do it for the sake of
		
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			Allah but it's very important that as families
		
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			that you are never known for evil and
		
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			you are known for khair and good as
		
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			a family.
		
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			This family gives Allah charity.
		
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			This family is known to be connected to
		
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			the masjid.
		
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			This family is known to be trustworthy.
		
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			Maryam is born and that promise still stands
		
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			and she is devoted to ibadah and to
		
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			Baitul Maqdis.
		
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			Now what's important also to appreciate my brothers
		
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			and sisters is the whole story is about
		
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			worship being devout and being in service of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			What makes Hannah happy is to have a
		
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			child that is dedicated to the worship of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Not a child that is rich.
		
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			Not a child that's prosperous but one that
		
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			is dedicated to the worship of Allah.
		
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			That is more important than anything else.
		
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			If Allah gives you children and blesses you
		
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			with them there is nothing better than instilling
		
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			in them the love of Allah and la
		
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			ilaha illallah and that you are part of
		
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			continuing on the legacy of those that say
		
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			la ilaha illallah.
		
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			There is nothing better than that.
		
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			Wallahi for your child to be one that
		
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			knows Allah loves Allah, worships Allah is greater
		
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			and better than if they amass millions of
		
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			wealth but they don't know that.
		
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			And one of the reasons why we should
		
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			have children is that why was Prophet Zakariya
		
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			and we will get to him in a
		
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			second why was he so desperate to have
		
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			a child?
		
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			In Surah Maryam Allah mentions the story of
		
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			Zakariya first.
		
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			And Allah mentions that Zakariya he asks Allah
		
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			for a child.
		
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			Who inspires him?
		
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			Maryam.
		
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			And we'll get to that.
		
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			But the wording he uses is very fascinating.
		
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			He said I want a child because he
		
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			inherits me.
		
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			He inherits me and inherits from the family
		
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			of Jacob.
		
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			And may Allah be pleased with him.
		
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			Oh Allah, I want a child that inherits
		
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			me.
		
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			When you hear the word inherit what comes
		
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			to your mind?
		
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			Land, property, money, right?
		
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			But prophets do not leave inheritance.
		
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			The Prophet Muhammad told us that we the
		
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			prophets we are not inherited from Prophets did
		
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			not leave wealth for the next generation.
		
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			They will not allow you to do that.
		
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			So now that we know prophets do not
		
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			leave inheritance what is Prophet Zakariya talking about
		
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			when he says I want a child that
		
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			inherits me?
		
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			He's talking about the legacy of worship.
		
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			The legacy of prophethood.
		
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			The legacy of being people that spread la
		
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			ilaha illallah.
		
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			That's what he was concerned about.
		
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			That he wanted someone that is from him
		
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			that continues on.
		
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			And that should be all of our motivation.
		
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			May Allah make us and our children and
		
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			their grandchildren and generations to come people that
		
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			live by la ilaha illallah and call to
		
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			la ilaha illallah.
		
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			Say amen.
		
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			So now Maryam ended up under the care
		
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			of Zakariya.
		
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			Why and how?
		
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			They drew lots.
		
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			And the way they did that was they
		
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			all took wooden pen or pencils and it
		
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			would be thrown on the sea and whichever
		
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			one floats would be the one that was
		
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			going to take care and be in charge
		
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			of taking care of Maryam.
		
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			And it ended up being Zakariya like Allah
		
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			swt said Now what happened?
		
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			Maryam at an early age is someone that
		
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			is connected to Allah.
		
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			She learned from her mother.
		
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			And I want to say something here for
		
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			our sister specifically.
		
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			Look at Look at this family.
		
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			Imran is married to Hanna.
		
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			Allah is putting the focus on Hanna.
		
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			And her dua and her conversation and her
		
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			plan.
		
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			Allah gives her a daughter Maryam.
		
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			And Allah swt decreed that Prophet Isa would
		
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			be raised by a single mother.
		
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			And that single mother was Maryam.
		
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			Of course there is a miracle here to
		
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			be born without a father.
		
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			But Prophet Isa was surrounded by women.
		
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			He was surrounded by women.
		
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			And similarly you'll find Prophet Musa in his
		
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			young age also surrounded by raw mothers that
		
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			were women.
		
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			In the Quran when you read the story
		
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			of Musa you have Ummi Musa.
		
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			Again Allah swt talks about this is again
		
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			very fascinating.
		
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			Allah talks about the mother of Musa.
		
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			Musa as a child.
		
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			Allah talks about the mother of Musa.
		
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			Fascinating coincidence.
		
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			Musa's father is also called Imran.
		
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			Musa's father is also called Imran.
		
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			That's why he's called Musa Ibn Imran.
		
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			And what's Maryam's name?
		
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			Maryam the daughter of Imran.
		
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			It's not the same person.
		
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			It's not the same person because there were
		
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			many generations between them.
		
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			And the name Imran was a name that
		
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			was used a lot.
		
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			Now you have Musa's mother.
		
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			And then you have Musa's sister.
		
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			وَقَالَ لِأُخْتِهِ يَقُصِّيهِ Right?
		
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			Allah mentions Musa's sister.
		
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			And then when he is raised in the
		
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			palace of Firaun who grabs the baby Musa
		
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			and wants to raise him?
		
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			Asiya.
		
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			And who else is the house of Asiya?
		
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			The Mashita.
		
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			The hairdresser of Firaun.
		
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			The Mashita and Asiya and his sister and
		
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			his mother.
		
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			He's surrounded by righteous women.
		
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			Isa is surrounded by righteous women because my
		
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			sisters as mothers and as sisters and as
		
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			aunties.
		
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			You have a great impact on the people
		
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			that you raise and the children in your
		
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			home.
		
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			More so sometimes than the fathers.
		
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			And that's why it's extremely important that that
		
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			responsibility is one that you instill in yourself
		
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			because you can have a huge impact on
		
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			your children.
		
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			Of course, Maryam is now dedicated to be
		
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			in service in worship in Baitul Maqdis, right?
		
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			She doesn't leave, she's there.
		
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			And Zakariya is in charge of her, the
		
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			prophet Zakariya.
		
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			Zakariya enters upon her and he finds a
		
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			miracle.
		
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			And that miracle is that Maryam she would
		
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			have fruits with her that were not in
		
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			season.
		
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			It's summer and these only grow in the
		
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			winter, how do you have them?
		
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			Or it's winter and these fruits you have
		
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			and this food you have only grows in
		
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			the summer.
		
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			How is that possible?
		
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			Zakariya is surprised by this.
		
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			كلما دخل عليها Zakariya المحراب وجد عندها رزقا
		
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			Every time Zakariya would enter upon Maryam and
		
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			see her, she would have things she shouldn't
		
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			have.
		
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			And he asks a question.
		
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			أَنَّا لَكِ هَذَا Where did you get this
		
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			from?
		
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			What did she say?
		
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			From Allah SWT.
		
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			إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ Allah
		
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			SWT gives to everyone and provides to everyone
		
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			without his account.
		
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			So now you see Maryam already the fact
		
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			that she is special the fact that Allah
		
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			is giving her things the fact that she
		
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			is exhibiting these types of miracles it inspires
		
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			Zakariya.
		
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			Zakariya is inspired by Maryam's statement by Maryam's
		
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			dua he is also inspired by her generally
		
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			and he sees a righteous young girl and
		
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			he wishes he could have a righteous هُنَا
		
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			لِكَ دَعَى زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّةً Here Zakariya makes dua
		
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			Zakariya right there and then immediately he made
		
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			dua again you see people whose instinct and
		
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			reaction is speak to Allah and then he
		
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			makes dua Oh Allah in surah Maryam you
		
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			have it in more detail he says وَإِنِّي
		
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			وَهَنَا الْعَظْمَ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُن
		
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			بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ Oh Allah I have grown old
		
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			my hair has grown grey I have grown
		
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			old and my hair has gone grey is
		
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			that a dua or a statement of fact
		
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			it's a statement of fact what do you
		
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			see there the way they speak to Allah
		
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			the way they speak to Allah Oh Allah
		
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			it's like you for example say Ya Allah
		
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			I am tired Ya Allah this job that
		
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			I go to they make it difficult for
		
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			me to pray Ya Allah I wish I
		
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			had a better job the way you speak
		
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			to Allah that's just an example of someone
		
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			struggling for example at work or someone that's
		
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			we have to appreciate that we have Rabbul
		
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			Alameen who is the creator of everyone and
		
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			everything, who knows you better than yourself, who
		
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			knows your thoughts, your secrets your problems, your
		
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			needs that you can regularly speak to and
		
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			that's what Zakaria did and he mentioned his
		
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			reasons I want a child وَجْعَلُهُ رَبِّ رَضِيَّ
		
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			and then Allah speaks to Zakaria يَا زَكَرِيَّ
		
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			إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكْ بِغُلَامٍ إِسْمُهُ يَحْيَا Oh Zakaria we
		
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			give you the glad tidings it was the
		
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			angels that came to him to give him
		
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			the glad tidings that his wife will become
		
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			pregnant and that he will have a child
		
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			and that child's name is not up to
		
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			you Oh Zakaria the child's already been given
		
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			a name and that name is يَحْيَا it's
		
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			a very fascinating name يَحْيَا means to live
		
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			يَحْيَا means to live and it is said
		
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			that Zakaria's wife will have many miscarriages and
		
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			every time يَمُوت يَمُوت يَمُوت but this one,
		
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			يَحْيَا he will live لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ مِن
		
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			قَبْلِ سُمِيَّا no one before him was ever
		
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			called يَحْيَا the word سَمِي means one of
		
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			you have the same name as so someone
		
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			called مُسْتَفَى another person is called مُسْتَفَى that
		
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			person would be your سَمِي لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ
		
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			مِن قَبْلِ سُمِيَّا so now Zakaria believes he's
		
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			gonna give a child because Allah told him
		
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			so but he is confused of how because
		
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			he is old and his wife is old
		
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			not only is she old, she's عَاقِب she's
		
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			not able to have children and then he
		
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			is told الله فَذَلِكَ اللَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ
		
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			that will happen and Allah does whatever He
		
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			wants and here is a reminder for you
		
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			and me that when you are speaking to
		
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			Allah and when you are making du'a
		
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			to Allah you are making du'a to
		
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			the one who can make anything happen and
		
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			sometimes we forget that and why is that
		
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			important my brothers and sisters because that way
		
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			there is no such thing as this is
		
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			not possible for Allah إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ
		
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			شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٍ and when the way you speak
		
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			I'll give you guys an example because to
		
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			be honest the story of this chosen family,
		
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			the story of Ali Imran, the story of
		
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			Zakaria and Yahya, the story of Maryam and
		
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			her mother and Isa a lot of it
		
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			revolves around du'a and your relationship with
		
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			Allah now if you need something to be
		
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			done and you're speaking let's say you're going
		
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			to the local mayor's office and there is
		
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			something that if the mayor agrees it will
		
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			definitely happen but then you go in and
		
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			you're speaking to the deputy or even before
		
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			that you're speaking to his secretary and the
		
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			secretary tells you, listen don't worry, this is
		
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			done, this is done, it's going to happen
		
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			I'll let him know, he already gave us
		
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			the go-ahead don't worry about it there
		
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			may be a part of you that's a
		
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			little bit worried about it because you know
		
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			I need to hear it from because I'm
		
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			not sure, are you guys with me?
		
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			but if the person that can make the
		
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			thing that you need happen a hundred percent
		
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			there's no one else, this is the person
		
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			that if they say okay, it's definitely going
		
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			to happen would you feel a lot more
		
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			content if they give you the go-ahead?
		
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			well let me give you another example you
		
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			want to propose to a sister you want
		
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			to marry a sister and not your sister,
		
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			a sister, a woman, you want to marry
		
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			a woman is that what you heard?
		
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			la ilaha illallah all the women in the
		
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			world are our sisters in Islam does that
		
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			make sense now?
		
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			good so if if her cousin tells you
		
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			don't worry, it's done, inshallah ta'ala we're
		
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			going to sort it out is it the
		
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			same as when the dad tells you, khalas
		
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			I'm going to give you my daughter, is
		
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			it the same?
		
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			it's not the same, right?
		
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			when are you the most confident?
		
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			who gives you the permission?
		
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			why does that carry more weight than a
		
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			sibling or someone else?
		
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			because who in the end of the day
		
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			gives her away?
		
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			who has the ability to give the nikah?
		
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			the father, right?
		
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			and all of a sudden when you're in
		
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			front of the dad and he's giving you,
		
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			you feel there is confidence in you Allah
		
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			is teaching us in this qissa that when
		
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			you're making dua to Allah you are speaking
		
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			to the one that can make the impossible
		
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			happen so make dua and speak with confidence
		
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			do you guys see what I'm saying?
		
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			don't, don't hesitate don't think it may not
		
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			happen don't have that, you're speaking to Allah
		
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			telling you, I am Sami' I am Alim,
		
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			I am I can literally do anything and
		
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			there you have, when Zakari was inspired to
		
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			make dua at a very old age, and
		
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			the state of his wife Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala gives him what he wanted, and
		
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			Allah reminds him Allah does whatever he wants
		
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			and there is no such thing as something
		
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			Allah cannot do so that job that you
		
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			really want Allah can make it happen that
		
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			child that you really want, Allah can give
		
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			it to you that hajj that you've been
		
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			hoping for that you wanted, Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala can make it happen for you
		
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			because Allah can make everything happen you need
		
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			to make dua, and when you're asking Allah
		
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			you need to be filled with confidence that
		
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			the one you're asking is not only hearing
		
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			you not only near and close, but he's
		
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			also capable that's one of the major lessons
		
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			that you learn from this then Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala promises them something similar happens
		
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			to Maryam and you have, subhanallah in this
		
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			story you have a lot of children children
		
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			being born Maryam is born Yahya is born
		
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			Isa is born of course different timings, but
		
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			it's all in this qissa you see the
		
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			forming of ala Imran you see the forming
		
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			of families all devoted what do they have
		
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			in common what makes them special why are
		
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			we learning about them because of la ilaha
		
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			illallah they lived by call to words la
		
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			ilaha illallah that's it that's what it's all
		
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			about wallahi my brothers and sisters our life
		
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			is all about Allah our existence is all
		
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			about Allah the people that are celebrated the
		
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			most are the ones who loved Allah the
		
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			most, worshipped Allah the most obeyed Allah the
		
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			most and this is important that we instill
		
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			this in our hearts and instill this in
		
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			our children Allah mentioned in surah Maryam Maryam
		
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			grows up and she is someone that Allah
		
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			chose وَاَسْتَفَاكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ O Maryam Allah
		
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			has preferred you over the women of the
		
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			world O Maryam Allah has chosen you more
		
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			than all of the other world women in
		
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			the world that's why Maryam is considered to
		
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			be the most beloved and the greatest woman
		
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			of all women and you have others as
		
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			well of course there is a hadith that
		
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			mentions some of the greatest women that ever
		
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			were and it's Maryam bint Imran it's Asiya
		
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			bint Muzahim the wife of Firaun it's the
		
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			prophet's wife Khadija bint Khuwailid the prophet's other
		
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			wife Aisha the prophet's daughter Fatima these women
		
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			are considered to be the role models of
		
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			most of mankind meaning they should be role
		
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			models for both men and women so as
		
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			Muslim men when you see the story of
		
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			Maryam it should inspire you how devoted she
		
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			is, how pious she was and her piety
		
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			and devotion was so much that when she
		
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			is pregnant with Aisha and she gives birth
		
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			and she brings this baby that has no
		
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			father and people are addressing her and they
		
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			are doubting where this child came from they
		
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			said to her oh the sister of who?
		
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			Harun it doesn't mean that she was the
		
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			literal sister of prophet Harun although their dad
		
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			has the same name that can be an
		
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			easy confusion someone could make by the way
		
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			oh the one whose worship was like Harun
		
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			because in Banu Israel the Banu Israel when
		
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			someone is really devoted in Ibadah and worship
		
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			they used to call that person you're just
		
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			like Harun because prophet Harun was known for
		
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			that so prophet Harun was so famous and
		
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			known for his dedication for Ibadah that he
		
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			ended up being almost like an example when
		
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			someone is you're almost like prophet Harun oh
		
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			the one who was like Harun and look
		
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			what they say to her I'm jumping ahead
		
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			to give you an image of how Maryam
		
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			was perceived in society not her but also
		
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			her family when Maryam comes with baby Aisha
		
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			and people are saying where did you get
		
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			this child from?
		
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			look what they say to her they are
		
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			referencing Hanna and Imran your father Imran was
		
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			not a bad person neither was your mother
		
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			a lady of the night they were good
		
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			people, righteous people so the righteousness of her
		
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			parents were known of course what they don't
		
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			know and they should know is that Maryam
		
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			is even more righteous that Maryam she ended
		
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			up becoming even greater than both of her
		
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			parents Maryam Allah SWT says to her we
		
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			have preferred you over all women oh Maryam
		
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			Allah says devout yourself to your lord make
		
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			sujud and pray with those who pray with
		
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			those who pray Maryam is someone who was
		
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			an example when it came to Ibadah when
		
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			it came to being devout when it came
		
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			to being chaste when it came to being
		
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			chaste Maryam Ibn Imran was the best we
		
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			breathed in her from our souls and she
		
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			believed in the words of her lord and
		
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			his books and she was of the devout
		
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			by Allah the way Allah speaks about this
		
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			woman Maryam is so special my brothers and
		
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			sisters now what happened one day Maryam is
		
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			visited by Angel Gabriel because Allah decided to
		
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			create Prophet Isa in a miraculous way where
		
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			he will be born without a father remember
		
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			Allah can do anything he wants so one
		
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			day Allah sends Angel Gabriel to Maryam she
		
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			sees him and she is worried and concerned
		
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			about this man that is approaching her and
		
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			she seeks refuge she seeks refuge from him
		
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			if you are faithful leave me alone she
		
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			thought this was a person that was going
		
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			to harm her and then he tells her
		
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			no I have been sent by Allah to
		
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			gift you a pure child who is that
		
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			pure child Isa may Allah make all of
		
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			our children pure and make all of us
		
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			pure as well Allah decreed for her to
		
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			get pregnant and she got pregnant right there
		
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			and then a reminder that the one who
		
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			created us can do everything but Allah wanted
		
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			to make Isa a Hujjah and she becomes
		
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			pregnant in this very miraculous way but she
		
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			is concerned now and this is something very
		
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			fascinating that happens to her why is she
		
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			concerned she is concerned although she knows she
		
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			has done nothing wrong what is the assumption
		
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			people will have that she made Zina and
		
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			then one of the things that she says
		
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			is something that is really powerful remember this
		
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			Ya laytani mittu qabla hadha wa kuntu nasyan
		
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			mansiyah Ya laytani mittu qabla hadha she was
		
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			so worried and concerned over her reputation and
		
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			what people would say about her and how
		
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			she would explain this I wish mittu qabla
		
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			hadha that I died before this wa kuntu
		
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			nasyan mansiyah and I have become something that
		
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			is forgotten now again she is expressing how
		
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			she feels which is perfectly fine from this
		
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			we learn that sometimes it is possible that
		
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			you find yourself in such situation where you
		
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			wish people say this to be honest we
		
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			say this sometimes too lightly I wish I
		
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			was never born have you heard this saying
		
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			before to be honest if you are saying
		
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			that you better be saying that because you
		
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			are going through something very very big but
		
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			even then don't ever wish for that because
		
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			Allah has given you life, given you faith
		
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			given you iman but she was so concerned
		
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			over the reputation damage should we be concerned
		
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			about our reputation what do you guys think
		
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			yes we should we should be concerned about
		
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			our reputation and we should do our best
		
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			to protect our reputation within society because people
		
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			are not very forgiving people are not very
		
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			forgiving and you will not only bring a
		
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			stain to yourself but a stain to your
		
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			family as well because people look at us
		
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			as units it's important that the biggest priority
		
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			you have is how Allah views you but
		
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			that does not mean that you don't care
		
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			how others view you as well and sometimes
		
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			I'll give you an example one day the
		
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			prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam after doing i'tikaf he
		
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			was visited by his wife and our mother
		
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			Safiya and Safiya he was walking her back
		
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			to her house, it's the prophet walking with
		
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			his wife there were two men from the
		
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			sahaba from the ansar that see the prophet
		
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			salallahu alayhi wasalam with this woman and it's
		
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			dark, it's at night and then they walk
		
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			really fast as if they're trying to kind
		
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			of avoid the situation and the prophet calls
		
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			them and the prophet said come here he
		
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			calls them and he says this is Safiya
		
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			this is who?
		
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			Safiya and they say ya Rasulallah we would
		
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			never be concerned with you the prophet says
		
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			to them the devil the shaytan goes through
		
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			our veins meaning that we are easily influenced
		
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			by the shaytan and we easily assume things
		
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			so then he said to ensure that you
		
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			guys don't assume just so you know, the
		
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			person I'm walking with is who?
		
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			Safiya so now the ulema say a lot
		
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			of times sometimes you're in a situation where
		
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			you want to clarify something, right and what
		
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			are we trying to ensure that people do
		
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			not think of us or assume of us
		
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			something that is bad if you can get
		
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			ahead of something, you should am I making
		
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			sense here?
		
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			but the opposite is also true, don't assume
		
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			things don't assume things right one of the
		
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			salaf said if you hear someone say if
		
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			you hear someone say ana rabbukumul a'la
		
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			what does that mean?
		
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			I am your lord the most great, right
		
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			assume he's reading surah an-naziat why?
		
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			meaning assume the best even in the worst
		
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			situation, does that make sense?
		
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			oh that person was with someone it's probably
		
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			his sister we should be as charitable as
		
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			possible when it comes to our assumptions so
		
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			that we don't assume worst of people we
		
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			should also do the best we can to
		
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			ensure people don't assume the worst of us
		
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			what Mariam is experiencing is that where she
		
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			is thinking when I come with a baby
		
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			to my community they're not going to believe
		
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			me that I am this was a that
		
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			an angel came to me and blew it's
		
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			rooh into me and all that, they're not
		
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			going to believe that so she's going to
		
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			spend about that, are you guys with me?
		
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			but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala protected her
		
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			she brings the child and then what was
		
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			she told?
		
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			she was told fakuli washrabi wakarri aina eat
		
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			and drink and do not worry and if
		
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			the people ask you say to them inni
		
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			nazartu inni nazartu subhanallah I made a vow
		
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			just like her mother once made a vow,
		
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			she made a vow that I will make
		
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			sawm she comes with prophet Isa as a
		
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			child, she gives birth to prophet Isa and
		
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			when she goes to prophet Isa she comes
		
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			back to her people and when she goes
		
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			back to her people they want an explanation
		
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			where did this child come from?
		
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			but she made a vow of silence inni
		
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			nazartu lil rahmani sawm a vow of abstinence
		
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			abstaining from what?
		
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			from speaking sawm and this is a benefit,
		
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			sawm means to abstain sawm means to abstain
		
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			why do we call when we abstain Ramadan
		
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			what do we abstain from Ramadan?
		
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			from food and drink and relations right?
		
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			so that's why it's called sawm inni nazartu
		
00:52:01 --> 00:52:03
			lil rahmani sawm when you read the ayah
		
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			don't assume that she was fasting because that's
		
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			an easy assumption inni nazartu lil rahmani sawma
		
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			it means that she was being silent then
		
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			what can she do?
		
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			fa asharat ilayhi she pointed to prophet Isa
		
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			and then Allah made prophet Isa speak and
		
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			he said words that are extremely powerful he
		
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			started by saying inni abdullah inni abdullah ataani
		
00:52:39 --> 00:52:43
			al kitab waja'ani nabiyya waja'ani mubarakan
		
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			aynama kunt wa awsani bis salati was zakati
		
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			madumtu hayya wabarran bi walidati allahu akbar wabarran
		
00:52:54 --> 00:52:58
			bi walidati may Allah make us bar and
		
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			dutiful to our parents he says I am
		
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			the servant of Allah how important is that?
		
00:53:05 --> 00:53:06
			first words, inni what?
		
00:53:07 --> 00:53:11
			abdullah how unfortunate is it that there are
		
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			so many people that see him as the
		
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			one to be worshipped when he proclaimed and
		
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			the first thing he said was that he
		
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			is a worshipper of Allah how unfortunate is
		
00:53:22 --> 00:53:27
			that inni abdullah ataani al kitab he will
		
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			give me the book and he was given
		
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			the injil, waja'ani nabiyya and he has
		
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			made me a prophet waja'ani mubarakan and
		
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			Allah has blessed me this is very fascinating
		
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			Allah has blessed me waja'ani mubarakan prophet
		
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			Isa was blessed now for something to be
		
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			blessed in Islam we believe that blessings there
		
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			are times that are blessed who can tell
		
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			me a time that is blessed a time
		
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			that is blessed Ramadan is a time that
		
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			is blessed very good, Ramadan is blessed the
		
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			mornings are blessed the prophet said Allah has
		
00:54:05 --> 00:54:08
			put blessings in the mornings of my ummah
		
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			so the morning is a better time than
		
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			what?
		
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			than the afternoon because there is more baraka
		
00:54:14 --> 00:54:16
			who can tell me a place that is
		
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			blessed Mecca, Medina Al Aqsa, what does Allah
		
00:54:21 --> 00:54:21
			say about Al Aqsa?
		
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			Allati barakna hawlahu we have blessed its surroundings
		
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			so you have places that are blessed and
		
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			you have times that are blessed and you
		
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			also have people that are blessed right now
		
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			what does Allah say about Isa?
		
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			waja'ani mubarakan may Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala bless everything for us say ameen ayna
		
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			ma kuntu awsani bis salahati wazaka again prayer
		
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			and charity is mentioned there as well showing
		
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			you the importance of these two as long
		
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			as I'm alive and then he mentioned that
		
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			he is dutiful to his mother to his
		
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			mother, why not his father?
		
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			why is he not dutiful to his father?
		
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			because he doesn't have a father he doesn't
		
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			have a father interesting question is prophet Isa
		
00:55:09 --> 00:55:10
			from Bani Israel?
		
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			how?
		
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			he doesn't have a lineage that goes to
		
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			Bani Israel so how is he from Bani
		
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			Israel?
		
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			hmm?
		
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			from his mother's side so you can be
		
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			attributed to your mother's family although the main
		
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			attribution is to your father's family you can
		
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			be attributed to your mother's family as well
		
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			there's a lot that can be said about
		
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			these people, the family of Imran let me
		
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			just quickly kind of gloss over or summarize
		
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			the main point that I wanted to share
		
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			tonight and the reflections that I had number
		
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			one is Allah chose to name this whole
		
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			surah, Ahli Imran of this family Imran Hanna,
		
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			Maryam and Isa and what made them special?
		
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			they were devout and devoted to Allah subhanahu
		
00:56:06 --> 00:56:09
			wa ta'ala and what is a common
		
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			theme in their life?
		
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			prayer and dua and communicating with Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala what else do you find?
		
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			that a lot of their duas would manifest
		
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			itself in miracles and acceptance and that we
		
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			should be inspired another theme is that they
		
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			keep inspiring each other Hanna was inspired by
		
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			a bird to make dua Allah gives her
		
00:56:33 --> 00:56:36
			a child that child inspires Zakaria to make
		
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			dua Allah gives him Yahya so if you
		
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			don't take anything else away from the story
		
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			take the following away be inspired to make
		
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			dua to Allah for all of your needs
		
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			not just to make dua but also to
		
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			converse and communicate another thing those among you
		
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			that are parents those among you that are
		
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			parents look at the priorities of this family
		
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			look at the mother of Maryam when she
		
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			had a child immediately saying oh Allah I
		
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			vow that what's in my womb will be
		
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			devoted for you will be in service of
		
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			you that we make similar devotions to Allah
		
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			we make similar commitments where we try our
		
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			best to instill belief, iman, worship good character,
		
00:57:26 --> 00:57:28
			love of the deen in our children before
		
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			we think about anything else that we appreciate
		
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			that both men and women have this in
		
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			common the responsibility of worship and obedience and
		
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			adherence to the Qur'an and the Sunnah
		
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			is something both men and women are equally
		
00:57:45 --> 00:57:48
			responsible for and this is why when it
		
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			comes to the worship of Allah there's no
		
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			such thing as man and woman we are
		
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			both expected yes we have certain different responsibilities
		
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			but fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters men
		
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			and women, we all have that one thing
		
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			in common, we all need to pray we
		
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			all need to worship we all need to
		
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			fast we all need to make hajj, we
		
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			all need to make umrah we all need
		
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			to learn the deen when it comes to
		
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			the deen we have all of that in
		
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			common whether male or
		
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			female right, while a believer Allah says we
		
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			will give them a good life so when
		
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			it comes to following the prophets when it
		
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			comes to becoming role models we have that
		
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			in common for those among us, our mothers
		
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			particularly to the mothers you have a great
		
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			duty to your children because mothers have an
		
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			impact on children that sometimes fathers don't, and
		
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			fathers have an impact that mothers don't take
		
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			inspiration from the mother of Maryam take inspiration
		
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			from Maryam as the mother of Isa and
		
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			take inspiration from the great mothers in our
		
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			deen and many of you are doing great
		
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			start with the intention start with the intention
		
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			just like the intention of the mother of
		
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			Maryam and inshallah, father up with action and
		
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			make lots of dua for your children may
		
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			Allah protect our children from the shaitan the
		
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			prophet would say to his grandsons he made
		
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			lots of dua for them and he used
		
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			to say I seek Allah's protection and refuge
		
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			for you to not be affected and impacted
		
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			by the shaitan he would often make dua
		
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			I seek refuge for the both of you
		
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			so the prophet teaches us the importance of
		
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			making dua for your children we see the
		
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			mother of Maryam making dua for Maryam, and
		
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			also we learn that their lives was not
		
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			completely easy Yahya ends up being killed Zakariya
		
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			was being killed so they were not only
		
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			people that were devout but they also sacrificed
		
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			and there should be an element of sacrifice
		
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			we have for our deen as well may
		
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			Allah make us among those that follow and
		
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			benefit from these people Allah chose to tell
		
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			us their story not just so we can
		
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			talk about it but we can find inspiration
		
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			in it that we can be those that
		
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			follow them and I'm going to conclude at
		
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			this point which for me was the main
		
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			point of this lecture for me this following
		
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			point was the main point of this lecture
		
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			Allah teaches us how the mother of Maryam,
		
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			Hanna would communicate with him regularly, and speak
		
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			to him openly, let that be the relationship
		
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			you have with Allah where you speak to
		
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			Allah and you talk to Allah and you
		
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			truly believe that he hears you he sees
		
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			you, and he's able to do all things
		
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			Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh