Mustafa Khattab – Ramadan Special Quran Gems 21

Mustafa Khattab
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The importance of race and knowing which horses are doing best is emphasized in Islam. Runners should pray for their health and loss to achieve their dreams, including those who are killed by the pandemic. The number of people who die peacefully from COVID-19 and have small number of years in their lives is also discussed. Visitors are encouraged to email them a response to their questions. The history of the Bukhary and Pakistan movies is also discussed, including the 3 in Bukhary and the 3 in Pakistan. The difficulty of praying for hardship, including those killed by the pandemic, is emphasized.
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Last 10 nights of this month.

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So the ayah I'm going to cover tonight

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inshaAllah is related to this. Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala says in Surah Hadid, ayah number 21.

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Race with one another

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towards the forgiveness of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,

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an agenda as vast as the heavens and

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the earth.

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So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala uses the word

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which means compete with one another or race

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with one another.

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So we're basically now in a race.

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So Imam Ibn Alayir Rahimahullah says in a

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race, the horses that are racing in a

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race,

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they run, yes, a little bit, alhamdulillah, the

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beginning of the race, but close to the

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end of the race, the last 200 yards,

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they run fast because this is what will

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determine who's gonna be 1st and second and

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third.

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Some of us start big at the beginning

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of the month, the first two nights. They

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come to the masjid for all the salawat.

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They stand in the masjid for tawiyyah. They

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don't want to leave the masjid. We have

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to call 911 to kick them out.

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And these are the same people

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who after 5, 7 days from the month

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of Ramadan, we have to call 911 to

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bring them back to the masjid because they

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don't want to come.

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So they do their best the first couple

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of days. At the end of the month,

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you don't see them in the masjid. So

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they do the opposite.

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So Imam Ibn Tayl Rahimah Allah says, don't

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let the horses be smarter than you.

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Yes. Mark start average at the beginning of

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the month, pray the 5 namaz, toss in

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the right way, stand in taawiyah,

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but when the last 10 nights of Ramadan

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come, do your best, so you will wait

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at the end.

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And the prophet

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used to do the same thing. We know

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that from the authentic Hadith that the prophet

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he

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used to, do a rebala in the first

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twenty, but when the last 10 nights come,

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he did his best.

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Like reading Quran, bikrullah,

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fasting, of course, and insulah, qiyam, tahajjud, and

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so on and so forth. So we need

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to do the same thing.

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There are 2 things that we can,

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check-in the last 10 nights of Ramadan to

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see if we're doing the right thing or

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not. If you're doing your best or not.

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So the first one,

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if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is going to

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give you Jannah, if he's going to give

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you Jannah,

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why would he give you Jannah? What is

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your best in the in the last and

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last? We know from the authentic hadith, from

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the prophet

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there are 8 gates in Jannah. 8.

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So, of course, those whose best deeds,

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for example, are fasting,

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they go through the door of

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oh, yeah. Who's the runner

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first? Okay.

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So if your best Al Adala is fasting,

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you'll go to Jannah through 1 of the

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8 doors, and this door is called Rayyan.

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If your best Al Adala is Salah, you'll

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go through the door of Salah. If your

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best Al Adada is Zakah, you'll go through

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the door of Zakah, and so on and

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so forth. There are 8 gates.

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Also,

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to think about this, if you can't close

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your eyes now or wait on the way

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home, think about it while you're driving, but,

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don't speed up because you'll get a ticket.

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Think about what is your best Ibadah? If

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you die now or if you die tonight,

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what is your best Ibadah that will take

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you to Jannah? We don't remember Hadith al

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Bukhari that a woman who used to keep

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the masjid clean at the time of the

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prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam, she went to

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Jannah because of this, cleaning the masjid.

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So why is your mister Aybar? Think about

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it.

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Maybe playing video games? No. It doesn't. No.

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Shopping?

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No.

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Making biryani?

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No. No. You're best at that, and then

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watching. Okay. Another way to think about it.

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We know the hadith in Bukhary and Muslim,

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the 3 people who were traveling together,

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and it was, very hot around lower time,

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so they went inside the cave for shelter,

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and the rock came down and it blocked

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the, you know, the entrance to the cave.

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So what did they do? They said, yeah,

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Allah

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will pray to you, each of us will

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use their best Ibadah. So the first one

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said, You Allah, I'm very respectful of my

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parents.

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I took dinner one night to my parents.

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They slept.

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I I I held the food in my

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hands like this at the door, and I

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stood the whole night until fashr to give

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them food. And you Allah, this is my

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best Ibadah.

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This is the best thing I have done,

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and Allah

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removed their heart a little bit. It's authentic

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in Bukhara and Muslim. The second one said,

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you Allah, I loved

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my,

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you know, this lady. She was related to

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me, and I was I was that close

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to committing zina with her.

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Then Allah said, I remembered you, and I

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didn't do it. I said, I'm not gonna

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do it. I'm not gonna commit zina. You

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Allah, if I did it purely for your

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sake, remove this hardship from us. And the

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rock was removed a little bit. Another good

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thing that he did.

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The third one said, you Allah, someone did

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a job for me,

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and I wanted to give him money. He

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didn't take it, so I took the money.

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I invested,

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the money. I enhanced the money. When he

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came back after so many years, I gave

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him hundreds of goats and sheep. I gave

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him land and so on and so forth.

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You Allah, if I did it for your

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sake, remove this hardship from us, and the

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rock was totally removed, and they were safe,

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and they left.

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So if you fall into a difficulty,

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like your son goes to the hospital, or

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you fall sick, or you lose your money,

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or get laid off, what is the ibadah

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that you will you will use as a

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waseelah, shafa'ah, to pray to Allah to remove

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this hardship from you? Is it your salah?

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Is it your taweeh?

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Is it your fasting? Is it your sadaqa?

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Is it your contributions to the masajid? What

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is it? So think about

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it. This story of the 3 in Bukhary

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and Muslim always reminds me of this story.

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The the real story says 2 Indians and

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1 Pakistan,

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but every time I tell that story I

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get inshallah, so I'm gonna change it a

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little bit. 2 Egyptians and 1 Russian.

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Fair enough.

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So 2 Egyptians and 1 Russian, they were

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traveling together in the desert, like, same thing.

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They ran out of food. They ran out

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of biryani sorry.

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There's no biryani in the story because the

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Indians and Pakistanis are out of the story.

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Kushari. Kushari. Yes. Yeah. Kushari. They ran out

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of Kushari. And,

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yeah. So

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at Walnut Food, they ran out the Haram.

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They were starving. They're about to die. So

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they said, we are going to pray now.

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The 2 Egyptians were Muslims. They said, we're

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gonna pray to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala before

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we die. And the Russians said, I'm gonna

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pray to my book. Book in Russia means

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God.

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And, before we die, we're gonna take our

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grave. Once we're about to die, we'll jump

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in the grave. Okay.

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So they started to dig together their graves

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and while they were digging they came across

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the magic lamp. True story.

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So what happened they found the magic lamp,

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they erupted, the genie came out Egyptian too.

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So

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the genie said okay, you habibi, each one

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of you will have one wish. So I

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have 3 wishes for all of you. Usually

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you have 1 master but you are 3,

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2 Egyptian, 1 Russian.

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Khalas, you have 3 wishes, each of you

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will take a wish.

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So the first Egyptian, they didn't ask the

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the Russian.

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They didn't ask him to go first, and

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he was mad. So the 2 Egyptians went

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ahead.

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So the first one said, You Allah,

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you know, I was living with my parents.

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They were old. I was busy. I was

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not good to them. I didn't serve them.

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I want to go back to my parents

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to serve them for the rest of my

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life. And whoop, he was in Cairo with

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his parents and he was serving them.

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The second one said, You Allah, I had

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a lot of money. I had a good

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business, but I never made Hajj. I was

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too busy to make Hajj. You Allah I

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want to go for Hajj and Ub. He

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was walarabad. Doon Hajj Labayk Allahumal Abayk.

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And the Russia was mad.

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He said, What's wrong with these people? They

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have no respect for me. I'm from Russia.

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Right? You know, Russian Putin?

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I'm from Russia. They have no respect for

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me. Kremlin, you know? Okay. Here is my

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wish, you will hear me. I went I

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want these 2 Egyptians to come back right

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now.

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And woof. The 2 Egyptians came back, and

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all of them died peacefully.

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Ever after.

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So this is one way to know if

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you're doing the right thing at the end

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of Ramadan or not.

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The second one, and this is the last

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for today,

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just pretend

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that you get a special guest

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who would visit you in your house to

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see if you are doing the right thing

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or not. If your house is in the

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right order or not.

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And this guest is Rasoolullah Al Asas. So

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he knocks on your door, Yeah Ibrahim, open.

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I'm I'm visiting you.

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So some of us will say You Rasool

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Allah, just give me a couple of minutes

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my house is messed up I just cleaned

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the mess I will let you in Some

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will say You Rasool Allah, I'm back in

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a week

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My house is miserable like you know

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someone will say, You Rasool Allah, come back

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in 3 years because

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horrible, horrible, horrible house. Someone will say, You

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Rasool Allah,

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I can't receive you in my house. I

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I will never let you in.

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This Ramadan or not. So we ask Allah

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to accept our ibadah and give us the

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best in this life and the best in

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the life to come. The question question for

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last night was at Saba Al Mathani. At

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the end of Surahish

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Hajj. The chosen opinion is a Saba al

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Mathali, the often repeated 7 ayaat in the

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Quran

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are, Surah Fatiha. Because it's made up of

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7 ayaat, and Surah Fatiha is recited

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17 times every day in our salawat. 2

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at Fatiha, 4 at Dazs, 3 at Narib,

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Char, 4 at Rishat. So it's 17 in

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total. So it's Surah Fatiha, and we got

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2 winners. They are brothers, brother Nur and

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Amrul Khamawi.

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Noor and Amrul Khamawi?

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You guys

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So the last question is

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is

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is terribly difficult.

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You actually need a genie to help you

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with this one.

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The Quran mentions some numbers like the promise

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of Yusuf were 11.

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Nuh alayhis salam gave Dua for 950

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years. So there are a lot of numbers

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in the Quran. What is the smallest number

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in the Quran and the biggest number in

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the Quran? The smallest number in the Quran

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and the biggest number of the Quran. So

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if you know the answer, email me if

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you can, InshaAllah. Good luck.

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By tomorrow, Asin InshaAllah. Atiba Mustafa at the

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Naturi Center, Daseeh.

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