Mustafa Khattab – Ramadan Reflections 5 Power Of Sorry

Mustafa Khattab
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The importance of storytelling for understanding the meaning of Islam is recognized, and interactions between human beings and their behavior are discussed. forgiveness is recognized when one acknowledges the names of Allah, and fasting is discussed as a way to avoid breaking fasting rules. The conversation concludes with a discussion of the upcoming game and the need for forgiveness in cases of sinister actions.
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So basically inshallah today, I'm gonna start with

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a story

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Everyone loves stories.

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So basically

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A story to a speech or to a

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talk is just like spices to biryani.

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Biryani without spices is nothing.

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So basically everyone loves stories, it gives meaning

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to the talk, and at the end of

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the day, the only thing you would remember

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from my talks is basically the stories. And

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haftarulamayahporu

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al Tasas

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jundumijjudillah

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They say that stories are among the sources

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of Allah, because they go straight to your

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heart, and this is something you can remember

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and relate to other people. So everyone knows

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the story of Adam alaihis salam when he

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was in Jannah,

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and he was surrounded by Malaika, free food,

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life is good.

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You don't have to pay taxes or GST

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over there. Everything is amazing. The weather is

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nice.

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But Adam

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was not happy, and Allah

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created Hawa for him.

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And some of my friends,

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who are imams, some of them are evil,

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were not malaika, basically, and and they told

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me once that Adam and Eve were probably

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the happiest married couple ever.

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And the reason is they didn't have any

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in laws. Right?

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Which is could be true. But anyway,

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they stayed in Jannah, and they had fruits,

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everything, and Allah

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told Adam in Hawa, you can eat from

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all the trees except for this one.

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But Adam alaihis salam, he made a mistake,

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he ate from the tree

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Yes, Adam alaihis salam made a mistake

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Shaitan made a mistake. He refused to make

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shajdah, but how come that Adam alaihis salam

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was forgiven and shaitan was not forgiven? There's

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only one

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difference. And the difference is

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Adam alaihis salam humbled himself and he made

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his tafaa. He said, You Allah, I made

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a mistake, forgive me. But shaitan, he tried

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to play the games, oh, I'm better than

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him. Why do I have to make shaddah?

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And he tried to justify

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and, you know, argue with Allah

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Now so this is the point. One of

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the best ways to get close to Allah

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especially in the month of Ramadan

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is istighfar,

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Asking Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for forgiveness,

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and and this is not easy.

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When you ask for forgiveness, if you do

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something wrong to someone and you say sorry,

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this is this is so difficult for a

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lot of people. When When you humble yourself

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before Allah and

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say You Allah, I made a mistake, forgive

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me.

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You basically acknowledge that Allah

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sees everything, he knows everything, and Allah

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will hold you accountable,

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and the door of forgiveness is always open.

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Allah

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is Al Ghafoor Rahim. So you basically acknowledge

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the names of Allah when you ask Allah

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forgive me, and also acknowledge that Allah is

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1 because you don't ask anyone else for

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forgiveness,

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and Allah

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is alive because you don't ask someone who

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is dead to forgive you. So when you

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say, you Allah forgive me, you acknowledge the

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names of Allah

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So now

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When we talk about interactions between human beings

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So what happens if I do something wrong?

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How do many of us interact or how

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do they behave?

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Well, the first group, if they do something

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wrong and and no one saw them, there's

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no surveillance camera, no one was there, no

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witnesses,

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they would just pretend like they didn't do

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anything. Right? So if someone says, okay, who

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broke this vase?

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Or who ate the hotel from the fridge?

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And the culprit,

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they lie. You ask them, did you do

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this? No, I didn't. Not me. You know?

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I didn't do it. So they lied. So

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the first one, they pretended they didn't do

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it. The second one will

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lie or deny.

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And the third one, they would blame it

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with someone else.

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You know, I came late for salah because

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the, you know, the Imam is boring.

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You know, they just justify.

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You know, I ate the nutella because, you

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know, the teacher told me if you eat

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nutella, you'll be strong.

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Whatever, you know?

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And Shaitan did the same thing. He justified.

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He said I can't make sujatul 'ara because

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I'm better than him, you created me from

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fire, he is from madh. Long story. You

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know, so the reason Allah

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forgave Adam

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is because he humbled himself,

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and he said I made a mistake, forgive

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me, khalah's finished. You know?

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And the same is true for other Prophets

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in the Quran. Some of them, they did,

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they made misjudgments

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and shortcomings.

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And every time they did something wrong, they

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didn't do sins, they made small mistakes

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or misjudgments

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or shortcomings,

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and some of them were before nubuwa, before

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they became prophets, so they didn't know.

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Right? But as soon as they found out

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they did something wrong that they were not

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supposed to do, they said, you Allah forgive

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me. Forgive me. And Allah forgave them. So

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now count me.

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Suleyman alayhis salam, Khalaab Birfili

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wahablimulkallayam

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barili ahadimin Badi. So so Ayman alayhis salam

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said I'm gonna do something, he didn't say

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insha'Allah in Surasal,

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and Allah, you know, said this is not

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the proper way you should say insha'Allah. So

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he said you Allah forgive me and grant

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me a kingdom and authority

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unmatched by anyone else.

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So he made a misjudgment,

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then he made tawba and not only he

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made tawba, he said, You Allah forgive me,

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he said give me an authority that is

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unparalleled by anyone else till the end of

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time. So Allah give him this power to

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ask,

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you know, he is coming from, you know,

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down there making Tawbah, and he's saying Y

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Allah, yes I made Tawbah, now give me

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this. So he's asking Allah

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for more. Adam

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alayhi

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wa

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sallam made a mistake, he said, You Allah

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forgive me. Allah forgave him, and he chose

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him for his mercy

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because he was humble. Musa alayhi wa sallam,

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when he pushed a man, he made a

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mistake and the man died,

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and he said, qalaalab bi inni walam tu

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nafsi faghfirli faghfarala

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He said, You Allah, I made a mistake,

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forgive me. And Allah

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immediately, He forgave him. Faghfarala

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means

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right after, right away. Allah didn't delay.

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Yunus

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So he said You Allah, I made a

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mistake. Forgive me. When he left the town

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without permission,

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he said You Allah forgive me. Allah

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forgive him right away.

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Nuh, alayhi salaam, when he was asked for

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his son to be saved,

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and Allah don't don't make the this dua.

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Don't ask me for your son to be

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saved because he's gonna drown his kafir, and

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he said,

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So he said, Dear Allah, I ask for

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your forgiveness

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for asking for my son to be saved.

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If you don't forgive me, I'll be among

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the losers, and Allah forgave him right after.

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So this is what we need to do.

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Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said and

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we know that Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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was infallible of sins. He didn't commit any

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sins. He was a prophet chosen by Allah

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sallam

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And he said in the authentic Hadith as

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a Muslim,

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Ayo An Nas

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He said, Yeah. Ayo An Nas, all people,

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make tawba, ask

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to forgive you, because I myself,

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I don't make any sense.

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I'm, you know, I'm infallible, but still I

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ask Allah for Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for forgiveness

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a 100 times every day. And if the

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Prophet

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who is sinless is asking for forgiveness a

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100 times every day, what about me and

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you? We make mistakes day and night. So

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we should always ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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for forgiveness, and if you are sincere, Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will forgive you. We ask

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to forgive all of

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us. Yes,

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sir.

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Yeah. How much Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala came

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to him? Same thing. It was a misjudgment,

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and the prophet

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thought he was gonna finish with this man,

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then he would give his attention, and Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala said, don't waste your time

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with this man. He's not gonna believe anyway.

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He should have given your undivided attention to

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Abdul Abdul Muqtum.

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There are several examples in the Quran.

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So the question for last night, if someone

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fasted the first half of Ramadan, 2 weeks,

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and on 15th, the person was healthy, they

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had a heart attack, and they died.

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Who has to complete the month for him?

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Who has to do the other 2, 2

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weeks for him? Well, no one.

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He died, he did whatever he could, and

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he died, khalas. He doesn't no one has

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to fast for him. But, if he was

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sick in the month of Ramadan, and he

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recovered after Ramadan, he owes Allah 30 days

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of fasting, but he was lazy, he didn't

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fast, then his family

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have or has to to fast from

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him. Just like they inherit, they take his

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money, If he owes someone some money, they

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have to give it, and also if he

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owes Allah fasting, they have to fast on

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his behalf. So there there is a difference

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between the two cases. And the winner is

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brother

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Mustafa Al,

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and Nasr? Abu Mahfuh. Abu Mahfuh? Right. After

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Sponsored by Birgards Factory. Shazak Aloha. Enjoy. When

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you say I was famous to fly, what

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your different gets here? To myself. Yes. Shazak

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Aloha. Now my question for tonight. You have

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to do a lot of research.

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So

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Pakistani Cricket team is traveling from Pakistan to

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Turkey to play a cricket game in Turkey,

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right?

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Can they break their fast because they are

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playing cricket?

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Okay. Can they break their fast to play

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cricket because they came from Pakistan all the

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way to Turkey?

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Can they or a soccer game? Can they

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break their fast because they're playing a soccer

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game? Because they're coming from one country to

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another? If you know the answer, you mail

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me before tomorrow. At [email protected].

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