Mustafa Khattab – Power Of Dua

Mustafa Khattab
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The speaker discusses the power of duale, a powerful source of information, and how it can be given to others. They stress the importance of asking for money and praying for Islam. The speaker also gives an example of a woman requiring help in learning to make money from her mother, and emphasizes the importance of asking for something and being a big scholar. They also mention a woman who was taught by a trainer to make money by her mother.
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Hey.

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So,

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in the first Sukkah and salah today, there

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was a lot of noise and people falling

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down and people running and talking and

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kicking each other,

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and this is not nice.

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And know that the, the other people are

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praying in the front. They are not happy

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because

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you guys study at the Islamic school, and

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they look up to you, and they hear

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all the noise and, you know,

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so please try to, keep it down. And

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when they make a comma, just go and

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stand in the line and don't make noise.

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You promise?

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Will

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give you hidayah

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and make it easy for you. So today,

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inshallah, we'll talk about the power of du'a,

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since I, I just made du'a for you.

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We know that du'a is very powerful.

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We make du'a to who?

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So we make du'a to Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala because we know that he is the

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only one who is able to answer your

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dua. Allah

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is the creator, and he is the provider,

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and he has the keys to the treasuries

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of the world. He can provide for you.

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So

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala out of his mercy,

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he answers our dua, and he loves it

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when we make dua and ask him.

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We know that when we ask each other,

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like you are you have a friend, you

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always ask them for money or to borrow

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their car. First time they're okay with it.

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Okay, khalas. I'm gonna give it to him.

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2nd time,

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okay. What is going on here? 3rd, 4th,

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5th time,

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they'll be mad. They will come up with

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excuses. They'll say, oh, my car just broke

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down.

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I lost my wallet. I can't give you

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they're not happy. Right?

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And even if they if they do it

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for the second or third time with a

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smile, as you know, I call it the

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screensaver.

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They have a big smile on their face,

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but in their heart, there's fire. Jahanam. They

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are men. Right?

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But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the opposite.

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The more you ask of him, they they

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the more pleased he will be with you.

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The people when you ask them,

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more and more, they are not happy. But

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the more you ask,

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the more pleased he is with you.

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When you read the Quran,

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you see there there are so many ayaats

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that talk about dua, the power of dua.

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And it is not only about you asking

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a higher authority to give you something, the

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reason why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is happy

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when you ask something from him is number

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1,

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when you say, you Allah,

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you acknowledge that. You acknowledge that he's your

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Lord.

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And number 2, when you say, you Allah,

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you acknowledge that he's able to give you

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because normally,

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if you know that someone is poor or

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someone is powerless, would you go and ask

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them for something?

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No. No. You don't ask them.

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And number 3, when you say you Allah,

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you acknowledge that

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he is most generous and he will give

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you. Otherwise, if you know that someone has

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money, but they are stingy, they're they're cheap,

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they're cheap, they don't give anyone anything, would

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you ask them? Because you know

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in advance that they will not honor you,

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they will not give you. But Allah

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in the authentic hadith,

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Allah

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has the sense

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of,

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that when you stretch your hand to him,

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according to the hadith of the Prophet,

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Allah

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will feel shy

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to return your hand empty.

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You always come back with something from him

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because he is the most generous.

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When you say you Allah, you acknowledge that

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is alive

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because you don't ask someone who is dead.

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When you say you Allah, you acknowledge that

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala can hear and see.

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Because if it doesn't have these qualities, you

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don't ask him.

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When you say you Allah, you acknowledge that

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Allah is 1,

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and this is why you're not asking the

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other ones because you're asking him the 1.

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So all this

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comes to mind when you say, you Allah.

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And you see in the Quran,

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the prophets and the righteous, they're always asking

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for something. In the

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story of Zakariyah, he was asking for what?

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A son. For a son. For a son.

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For children.

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And the story

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of Nuh alaihis salaam, when his people were

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giving him trouble, what he did what did

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he pray for?

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Yeah. For punishment for his people. Right?

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In the story of Yunus alaihis salam, when

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he was in the belly of the whale,

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what did he do? What did he pray

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for?

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He prayed for coming out, and Yes. He

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said something like,

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in the authentic hadith is praying for Hidayah

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for people, like Abu Morayr radiAllahu,

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accepted Islam,

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and his mother was giving him a hard

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time. Same thing for Sa'rib ibn Abi Waqqas.

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His mom was giving him a hard time.

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So they both went to the prophet

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and complained,

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and also to Faleb Nami al Dawsi,

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his people were not accepting Islam, and they

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went to the prophet

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to complain to him, and the prophet

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made dua for them. So the mother of

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Abu Hurayla took Shahada, the mother of Sa'ad

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took Shahada, and the people of Dawus took

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Shahada, by the barakah of the dua of

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the prophet

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So this is a good thing that you

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pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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so that he will give you something and

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grant you something, because he has everything in

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his hands, and he can provide for you.

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Another way

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of a beautiful dua, when you pray for

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each other.

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We know that we are human beings and

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we have difficulties in life, and we have

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limitations.

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You know that your friend,

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for example,

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his dad is sick,

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or their family are not doing well financially.

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It's a great thing when you make dua

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in secret in your heart, you Allah, make

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it easy for them, you Allah, give them

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money. There's a hadith from the Prophet that

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the angel will say, you will give the

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same. If you pray for money for them,

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or if you pray for a house for

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them, or a good situation for them, Allah

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will give you the same. So I'm gonna

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conclude with this,

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small story that I mentioned at the conference

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a couple of days ago. It's a beautiful

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story.

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Sulaim Al Razi. He's a scholar.

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So what happened basically,

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he was 6 years old, 5, 6 years

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old. So they sent him to a sheikh

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to teach him Quran and teach him Islam.

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So I'm gonna give you an example of

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the power of the dua.

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If it's coming from your parents,

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if you if you have a difficulty in

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life, and you ask your mom or your

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dad to make dua for you, most likely

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would answer their dua.

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So if you have a final

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exam, or you're looking for a job, or

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you're looking for, you know, to get married

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in the future,

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and and you find it difficult, you ask

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your parents, they make dua for you, then

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will open the doors

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for you.

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So Salaim al Razi,

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basically went to school,

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and he was 5, 6 years old,

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and

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he he tried to study and it was

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very difficult for him. He tried to memorize

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Surah Fatihai, he tried to to read the

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alphabet,

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it was very difficult for him. He was

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stumbling all the time.

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So eventually,

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he he started to cry and he said,

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yeah, Sheikh,

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it is difficult for me. I can't. I

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can't do it. What should I do? And

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the Sheikh

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said, is your mom still alive so she

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can make dua for you? He said yes.

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So he said ask her to make dua

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for you. So he went home,

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and,

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he asked his mom to make dua for

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him, and alhamdulillah, Allah opened the doors for

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him and he started to learn, and he

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became a big scholar.

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He was a scholar of fiqh and hadith,

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and so on and so forth.

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25 years later, 30 years later,

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Salaim Al Razi became a big scholar in

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Iraq.

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So his Sheikh,

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you know the Sheikh in the story when

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he was young, his Sheikh visited Iraq. He

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was traveling and he came back and he

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didn't recognize

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Suray Mir Razi because now he is old

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and he's big and he has a beard,

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He looks like a big scholar, you know,

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someone important, so he didn't recognize him.

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Just like in the story of Yusuf, when

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Yusuf alaihis salaam

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went to Egypt,

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and when his brothers came back many years

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later, some say 40 years, some say 50

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years, they didn't know him because he looked

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different now, with a beard and so, you

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know. So in this case, he the sheikh

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didn't recognize him.

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So the sheikh came in while the salaam

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was teaching, and he was very eloquent and

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he was teaching and everyone was happy and

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everything.

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Big scholar.

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So the Sheikh came close to him, and

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he listened to his talk, and after at

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the end of his talk, he came to

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him and he shook his hand, and he

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said, subhanAllah,

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how can

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I have knowledge like you?

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How can I attain such high level of

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knowledge in Islam and wisdom and Hikma like

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you? So the sheikh said, I was about

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to tell him,

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is your mom still alive so she can

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make dua for you? I was gonna tell

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him the same thing that he told me

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30 years ago, but he said I was

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shy.

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But the the the point in the story

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is, ask your parents to make dua for

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you, ask your teachers, we make dua for

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each other.

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Bless Allah to give us the best in

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this life and the best in life to

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come. When the doors are closed,

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always say,

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You Allah. We'll

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see you tomorrow.

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