Mustafa Khattab – Taraweeh Gems 16 Thou Shall Not Argue

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The speaker discusses the argument that Microsoft Teams is better for businesses than Google, citing the example of the Jinn. They emphasize the importance of the message and the need for everyone to be present. The speaker discusses the argument that Islam is not about killing people, but rather fixing things, and that it is a way to get around the "hasn't done it yet" point. They suggest arguing in Islam as a way to get around the "hasn't done it yet" point, where negative comments and negative advice make people face negative comments and negative advice. The argument is not about the point, but rather the point.

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			Well, the rest of Allah's creation, they don't
		
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			argue. Right?
		
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			So the comparison here between humans and the
		
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			rest of the creation,
		
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			Right?
		
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			So it's just that expression. Right?
		
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			So because if you think about the rest
		
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			of Allah's creation like the Malatika and the
		
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			animals and so on and so forth, there's
		
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			no argument. Right? Except for the jinn because
		
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			the jinn,
		
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			they're just like human beings. We mentioned a
		
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			few days ago the example of
		
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			the animals when Nuh, alaihis salaam, was building
		
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			the ark, and he told them to board
		
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			the ship. No questions asked. They just boarded
		
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			the ship. As for human beings,
		
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			well, they had a problem because,
		
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			you know, they said, well, you lost your
		
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			mind of what? You're building a ship in
		
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			the desert.
		
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			So the agenda, the ant, and the animals
		
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			were safe. Right? Why? Because human beings like
		
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			to argue. Right? Why this? Why that? They
		
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			just,
		
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			take it for granted, and they just, don't
		
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			take the advice of the prophets. If you
		
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			look at the Quran, there are so many
		
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			stories that talk about,
		
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			debating and arguing in the Quran,
		
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			sometimes in a good way, like in the
		
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			story of Ibrahim Qisura with an Amrud,
		
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			when,
		
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			in the west, and he raises it from
		
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			the east. So can you do the opposite?
		
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			Can you bring the sun out
		
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			from the west? So he lost the argument.
		
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			So this is a good argument.
		
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			Then
		
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			you have some
		
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			nonsensical arguments. Right? Like in the story of
		
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			Musa Alaihi Surah Al Qaqah, when he told
		
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			his people just sacrifice a cow
		
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			to know who killed the guy. So they
		
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			said, okay. What color of cow? How big?
		
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			How small? How how
		
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			so they made it difficult for them and
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ala made it difficult for them
		
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			right
		
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			we see also
		
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			in the story of Musa and the pharaoh
		
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			right?
		
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			His Surah Tullishaw'ala and other places
		
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			so Musa alaihis salaam came to him with
		
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			a very simple message. Believe in Allah. Let
		
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			my people go.
		
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			Then he started to say, okay. Musa lost
		
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			his mind. Musa is crazy. Right? What about
		
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			the previous nations?
		
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			Then he started to talk about totally different
		
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			days, right, that have nothing to do
		
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			with Dawah, with the message of Musa Al
		
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			Aqsa. He just wanted to change the topic.
		
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			Then you read
		
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			the debate
		
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			of shaitan with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala when
		
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			you told him to make salatua
		
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			a simple
		
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			order. Just make salatua
		
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			a khalas.
		
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			Nothing else.
		
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			He said, but what is this? I'm better
		
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			than him. You created me from fire. You
		
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			created him from mud. Well, this is not
		
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			the point. The point here just means that
		
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			the and leave us.
		
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			Now he started to debate and argue. So
		
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			he was cursed till till the end of
		
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			time.
		
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			And when Allah subhanahu said, well, I'm gonna
		
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			give you a chance.
		
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			He said, well,
		
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			alhami ilayomi rafun, not alhami ilayomi imutun
		
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			because Shaitan didn't want to die. So he
		
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			said, you Allah,
		
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			keep me alive till the day the day
		
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			they are resurrected from the dead, not the
		
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			day they die and they will die because
		
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			he doesn't want to die. Right? So he's
		
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			arguing about this as well.
		
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			Fast forward to the story of the prophet
		
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			and the Quran
		
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			and the people of Mecca. Right? He brought
		
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			them the message. The first thing is
		
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			well you're a poet,
		
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			you're a liar, you're a madman, and so
		
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			on and so forth.
		
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			Well, when they saw people accepting Islam and
		
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			the Quran made sense to them, they said
		
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			well
		
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			there's nothing wrong with the Quran that we
		
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			wish it was revealed to a rich man
		
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			from Mecca and Atal.
		
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			Well, what does this have to do with
		
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			the message anyway? So if the book is
		
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			good so what is your problem with the
		
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			messenger? It doesn't matter if he's rich or
		
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			poor. Right?
		
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			Then they said, okay. We need America. Right?
		
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			We need the moon to split.
		
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			Then we need,
		
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			river to gash forth.
		
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			We need you to turn the mountains in
		
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			Mecca into Gaul. All these things. Right? So
		
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			when the prophet
		
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			started to give them miracles, they said, you
		
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			know what?
		
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			We want Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to drop
		
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			the sky on us and kill us immediately
		
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			and if this happens we will believe.
		
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			Well, you will be dead then. Right? If
		
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			it comes down from heaven and you die
		
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			then what is the point? Right? So we
		
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			see all these arguments all the time. So
		
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			what is the point is
		
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			a lot of us do exactly the same
		
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			thing. We we like to argue.
		
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			Yes, I'm a Muslim,
		
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			but I don't pray.
		
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			Why? Because I don't have time. Right? Well,
		
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			this is your only job on earth.
		
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			Allah
		
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			created you only for this reason, nothing else.
		
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			If you work, if you're saying, Alhamdulillah, this
		
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			is extra, but your main job in the
		
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			world is to worship Allah
		
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			Yes.
		
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			I know that,
		
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			selling Haram stuff is Haram, but I still
		
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			I'm still gonna do it. Why? Because, well,
		
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			I sell it to non Muslims.
		
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			This is the most common argument. Right? I'm
		
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			selling it to non Muslims so it should
		
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			be halal. Right?
		
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			And these are the same people who come
		
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			later to complain
		
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			that their kids in high school are dating
		
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			non Muslim girls and you asked them. Okay,
		
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			they tell
		
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			you dating Muslim girls is ham, but dating
		
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			non Muslim girls is okay. Why?
		
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			Because my dad says it's not okay to
		
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			sell pork to Muslims, but it's okay to
		
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			sell it to non Muslims.
		
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			So this is the whole point. If Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala makes something haram, so it's
		
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			haram whether you do it with a Muslim
		
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			or non Muslim. So there's no point in
		
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			arguing in this case. We hear a lot.
		
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			I receive a lot of, you know, counseling
		
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			and and stuff. I do counseling
		
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			and you said in front of the husband
		
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			and the wife, they argue for hours. I
		
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			didn't do it. He did it. I didn't
		
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			do it. He did it. And this is
		
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			why we're not so able to solve problems.
		
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			You see arguments and debates on Facebook for
		
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			examples.
		
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			Some guy will post something about 1 Muslim
		
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			group and he is cussing and cursing at
		
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			them their kuffar whatever and you see someone
		
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			from the other group discussing and cursing at
		
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			them and subhanAllah both of them are using
		
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			Quran
		
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			to justify their position
		
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			and all the other Kufa because what happens
		
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			is for you to make a good argument
		
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			you have to take things out of context
		
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			from the Quran to justify your Quran. This
		
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			has always been the case like
		
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			the guy his wife was bugging him
		
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			I'll conclude with this inshallah for a long
		
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			time she wanted to do the Hajj, right?
		
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			And he told her there's no Hajj for
		
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			women in the Quran, Hajj in the Quran
		
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			is only for men.
		
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			She says, where is this? He says,
		
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			He doesn't say men, he says Rijal. And
		
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			he he made a mistake actually. The word
		
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			Rijal doesn't mean men in the Ayah, It
		
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			means on foot.
		
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			Rijal.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So the point is
		
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			there's no point behind arguing in the prophet
		
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			that says,
		
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			The prophet
		
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			says, I guarantee,
		
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			a house or a mansion in Jannah for
		
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			those who avoid debating and arguing even if
		
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			they have the truth on their side. Don't
		
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			argue. Don't debate. Unless someone pushes and abate
		
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			on you, then you have to answer from
		
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			the Quran or the Sunnah as long as
		
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			you are saying the right thing.
		
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			But to argue and make a point,
		
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			for for nonsense and for, falsehood,
		
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			this is what is not acceptable in Islam.
		
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			So the question from last night was
		
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			the we spoke before about the biggest number
		
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			in the Quran, and that is a 100,000.
		
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			1 6th,
		
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			1 8th, 2.
		
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			The smallest number in the Quran in Earth,
		
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			1 10th.
		
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			1 8th. 1 10th, actually. And the winner
		
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			is, sister. Sir, you want to take the
		
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			product and hear what happens?
		
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			Sir,