Mustafa Khattab – Abu Zarr 2

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The negative impact of Islam on people's lives is discussed, including their ability to achieve goals and their perception of themselves. The importance of leadership is emphasized, along with the importance of trust and avoiding giving people too many opportunities. The speaker also addresses issues such as race, religion, and the lack of qualified leaders in Muslim countries. The message is that if someone is not qualified to lead, Allah will be there for guidance and guidance.

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			And I was saying, basically, that this happens
		
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			with people who give a lot of talks.
		
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			Like, in the past week, I gave, like,
		
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			20 talks in this message in another place.
		
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			So sometimes, because of all the mental activity,
		
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			sometimes you go crazy. Sometimes and sometimes you
		
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			confuse
		
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			things.
		
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			Doctor Soma Khizazi was one day invited to
		
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			give a talk before somebody got banned,
		
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			and that was after us.
		
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			So
		
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			the message was full of scars and great
		
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			people.
		
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			So he started to speak. He spoke for
		
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			a few minutes about
		
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			marriage, and most of the songs was dedicated
		
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			to the greatness of the day of John.
		
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			Like, that Allah Subhanahu alaihi wa'b started the
		
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			creation on Friday,
		
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			that the hour will be established on Friday,
		
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			and was created on Friday. He spoke about
		
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			the
		
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			hour
		
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			and how great it is for people to
		
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			get married on Friday. And all of a
		
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			sudden, after 30 minutes, a little kid came
		
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			to him and said, uncle, uncle,
		
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			my mom is giving is giving you salons,
		
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			and she's telling you that today is Tuesday,
		
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			not Friday.
		
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			We're still talking about Abu Bakr,
		
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			and
		
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			last time, we said that he was one
		
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			of the first people to have said Islam,
		
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			and we mentioned some of the changes in
		
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			his life. What he was before Islam according
		
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			to some narratives, a highway robber, like the
		
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			rest of the people in the tribe of
		
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			the family.
		
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			And
		
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			after Islam, he's chained completely.
		
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			And I'll mention at the end of the
		
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			story,
		
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			when he died at at the time of
		
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			his death, they couldn't even find a shroud
		
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			for him.
		
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			That shows you how decent life he lived
		
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			after he became Muslim
		
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			and I usually
		
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			pose this question.
		
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			Of course,
		
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			we mentioned the story of the Sahaba so
		
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			we can learn from them.
		
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			By giving you these stories, I don't mean
		
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			to entertain you
		
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			because if the purpose of these lectures is
		
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			to entertain,
		
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			Ali, I shouldn't be sitting here. You should
		
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			go watch movies or hockey or play video
		
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			games.
		
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			The reason why I'm telling these stories is
		
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			to learn something,
		
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			and
		
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			I focus on the things that are relative
		
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			to our lives in Canada as as Muslims.
		
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			Russian. They lived a life of decency.
		
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			But after Islam, it's kind of like a
		
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			change
		
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			completed.
		
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			Islam
		
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			made a change in your in their lives.
		
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			So what about you?
		
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			I want you
		
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			before you go to bed today,
		
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			to sit for just a couple of minutes
		
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			and ask yourself,
		
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			am I a Muslim?
		
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			Did Islam make an impact on my life?
		
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			Islam is not only about fasting for 30
		
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			days in the month of Ramadan because
		
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			telling you the truth, quite frankly, if fasting
		
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			is all about
		
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			not eating, not drinking during the day,
		
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			then, candles will get more and worse than
		
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			you because they go for months without food
		
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			or water.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			Islam is not only about making a hash.
		
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			All these things I've mentioned
		
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			Islam. That's what it did
		
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			in my mind. I've seen it in Musa.
		
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			Islam is not about I mean, it is
		
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			good to practice
		
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			Islam,
		
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			to look like a Muslim,
		
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			to practice your religion as a Muslim, to
		
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			have a strong relationship with the lost Muhammad,
		
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			prophet
		
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			didn't jump to conclusions and he started to
		
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			make statements.
		
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			It also wanted to listen
		
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			to what he had to say before he
		
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			made a judgment. So Abu Dhabi said, yes.
		
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			Oh, prophet, I I insulted him with his
		
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			mother. So the prophet
		
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			said,
		
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			you are a person who still has some
		
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			remnants or qualities of the pre Islamic times,
		
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			racism.
		
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			And you shouldn't have this in you because
		
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			technically, if you are white or yellow or
		
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			brown or black,
		
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			what difference will it make?
		
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			If you have a red apple, a yellow
		
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			apple, a green apple, what difference does it
		
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			make?
		
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			The skin color doesn't matter. What matters is
		
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			the core, the sweetness of the inside. And
		
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			this is what the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
		
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			sallam
		
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			Allah does not judge you by the way
		
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			you look or how handsome or tall or
		
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			big you are.
		
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			Allah judges you by the purity of your
		
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			heart and the sincerity of your actions. This
		
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			is what matters with the lost of Hannah
		
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			Palace.
		
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			I studied African American history for 3 years
		
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			for my masters on the nation of Islam.
		
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			And back then in 19 fifties, in the
		
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			19 sixties, if you heard Malcolm X and,
		
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			centralized movement,
		
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			there was this common saying back then,
		
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			if you are white,
		
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			you are white.
		
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			If you are black,
		
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			go back. If you are brown, stick around.
		
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			If you are yellow, you are middle.
		
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			So they are basically judging people according to
		
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			their skin color and Islam
		
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			came
		
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			to,
		
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			abolish, to to, to, destroy all these things,
		
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			to abolish
		
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			these racist behaviors and racist teachings.
		
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			Till today,
		
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			in some Muslim countries,
		
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			and this is the sad part. This is
		
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			the sad reality.
		
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			In some Muslim countries, till today, people will
		
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			respect you based on your skin color.
		
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			The lighter color you have, the more respect
		
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			you will get.
		
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			And some people respect you because of your
		
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			passport.
		
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			Your passport. If you have an American or
		
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			Canadian passport,
		
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			even if you are a shining guy, they
		
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			will respect you in these Muslim countries. But
		
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			if
		
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			So we have to be careful about these
		
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			things.
		
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			Then when,
		
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			Boudhan,
		
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			admitted that he insulted
		
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			Bilal with his mother, then
		
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			Give me a city or a country or
		
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			a town to be the ruler of,
		
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			you know, to make use of my skills.
		
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			So the prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam tapped
		
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			him on the shoulder and said, listen, Abu
		
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			Dhab,
		
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			you are a weak person.
		
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			He was talking about his leadership and administrative
		
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			skills,
		
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			not his faith or his level of iman.
		
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			So the prophet of Asallam said Abu Dharr,
		
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			listen.
		
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			You are a weak person
		
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			and leadership is a trust.
		
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			And on the day,
		
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			leadership
		
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			will be a source of shame and disgrace
		
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			for those who take it and they are
		
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			not qualified for it. Except for those who
		
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			become leaders and they are qualified to lead.
		
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			And, Marshall, if you look at those countries
		
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			10000 miles away,
		
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			there are some guys who are in leadership
		
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			position
		
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			in,
		
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			presidents and leaders and princes and kings.
		
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			And I personally wouldn't hire one of them
		
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			to to run my candy shop.
		
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			So
		
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			The prophet
		
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			says that if someone
		
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			comes to a leadership position and people are
		
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			requesting him to be in this position, then
		
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			Allah
		
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			will be always there for his assistance and
		
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			guidance.
		
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			But for those who take over
		
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			leadership positions
		
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			and the people who hate them, then Allah
		
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			will make them rely on themselves.
		
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			Allah will make them rely on themselves, and
		
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			Allah will not support or assist them. And
		
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			this is a very powerful Hadith. So the
		
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			prophet is saying, if you are not qualified
		
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			to lead, whether you are in school, whether
		
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			you are in a company, whether you are
		
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			running a country,
		
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			if you don't think you have the qualities
		
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			to lead your people,
		
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			then you should step aside and let someone
		
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			who is more qualified to lead.
		
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			A former
		
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			man in the house, and the 6 6
		
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			people.
		
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			And he told the Sahaba
		
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			to move from one house to the other
		
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			and ask people, men and women, to vote
		
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			which one of the 6 they vote for
		
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			to be the Khalifa,
		
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			the next leader.
		
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			And of course, we see in this narration
		
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			that women in Islam have the right to
		
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			vote, but who should lead them?
		
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			This right was obtained
		
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			by women in Canada
		
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			and the US only in 19 thirties.
		
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			That is 75,
		
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			77 years ago.
		
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			Some people came to Omar al Rahman and
		
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			they protested. They said, may Allah have mercy
		
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			on you. Why didn't you put
		
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			Why did you put him in the list?
		
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			He said it is enough
		
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			for the family
		
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			of Khattab,
		
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			for one of them to come in the
		
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			day of judgment carrying the burden of the
		
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			people on his shoulder.
		
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			I don't want 2 people of my family
		
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			to come and stand before Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala for judgment.
		
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			If someone died in prison
		
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			because someone threw him in in jail,
		
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			you know, wrongly,
		
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			I would be questioned about
		
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			this. If someone dies because they couldn't find
		
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			the medicine, I'll be questioned about this.
		
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			If someone dies because of hunger, I'll be
		
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			questioned about this. If someone stumbles on the
		
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			rope
		
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			and breaks his leg, I'll be questioned about
		
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			this. So it is enough
		
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			that one only one of my family will
		
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			stand in judgment before Allah for
		
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			this. I don't want my son to share
		
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			this journey. Now, look at those leaders
		
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			in those countries.
		
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			Every single one of them in in in
		
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			Muslim countries, they want their children
		
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			to come after them to leave. Their grand
		
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			grand grandchildren to leave. Even if their children
		
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			Okay? But still, they think that their children
		
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			qualify. And the way I see it, these
		
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			guys are so corrupt.
		
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			They like to stay in power forever
		
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			to cover for the corruption
		
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			and they want their children to come after
		
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			them to cover for their
		
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			Allah
		
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			less portioned than me.
		
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			And this is very important because
		
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			you will better appreciate what you already have
		
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			if you always look at those who are
		
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			less portioned than you are.
		
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			You have a fever or if you have
		
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			a flu
		
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			and you have to go to the hospital
		
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			and you see people who are paralyzed,
		
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			people who have heart attack, people who have
		
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			cancer, you will appreciate
		
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			what you have and be thankful to
		
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			Allah because it could have been worse.
		
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			And not to look at those who are
		
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			more fortunate than me because this will make
		
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			you disappointed.
		
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			It will always make you question and protest
		
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			what Allah
		
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			has given you. If Allah gives you,
		
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			you know, 10,000
		
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			2,000 bucks a month, if you look at
		
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			those who get 7 for 10, you will
		
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			always protest what Allah
		
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			gives you. However,
		
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			the scholars say,
		
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			it is your community to look at those
		
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			who are better than you in terms of
		
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			a bad and righteous.
		
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			Like, you go to the masjid one time
		
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			every day. But you see this brother, he
		
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			goes to the masjid 5 times. It is
		
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			good that you envy them in this respect
		
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			that you wish you had the time, the
		
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			power, and the energy to go 5 times
		
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			a day to the masjid.
		
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			And the role of him
		
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			and advised him to always have good relationship
		
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			with his relatives.
		
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			So
		
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			let's look after your relatives.
		
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			Even if you live far away from them,
		
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			today's,
		
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			technology makes it very easy to call people
		
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			and to check on them every now and
		
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			then to see how they're doing.
		
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			Bite. If they are poor, help them out.
		
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			You can give them some of your charity
		
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			and your zakat.
		
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			And he said that the prophet salallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam ordered me never to ask anyone
		
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			anything.
		
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			If I need anything, I just raise my
		
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			hands to Allah
		
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			and ask me for assistance
		
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			and not to rely
		
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			on people. However, if I happen
		
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			to need something from someone, like I fall
		
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			sick and I go to the hospital and
		
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			the doctor gives me treatment,
		
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			then I should believe in my heart that
		
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			the recovery comes from Allah and not from
		
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			the medicine and not from the doctor.
		
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			So this is what he meant.
		
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			And he said that the prophet, salaam, number
		
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			5, ordered me to always say the truth
		
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			even even if it hurts.
		
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			Have always to say the truth even if
		
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			it hurts.
		
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			If you have a love in your side,
		
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			then you shouldn't care about who is against
		
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			you if you're telling the truth.
		
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			If you're obedient to Allah,
		
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			you shouldn't worry about who is against you.
		
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			But if you have Allah
		
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			against you,
		
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			it doesn't matter who is with you
		
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			because
		
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			it's it's no good.
		
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			Number 7, and you already to always say,
		
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			There is no power, no might,