Mustafa Khattab – Top 10 Nights Of Ramadan

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The upcoming month of dashteenth ofri is a special month for Islam, with people excited and happy to see the announcement of Islam's acceptance of their Ibala. The importance of fasting and praying is emphasized, as well as the importance of giving small daily blessings to people who have good deeds. The Day of em routes reward for missed days, and individuals can receive rewards for their efforts to protect the environment. The importance of working for a company and avoiding wasting time is also emphasized. The Day of em is the best night in the whole year, and individuals can earn small deeds with small monthly blessings. forgiveness is also emphasized, and forgiveness for all Muslims is emphasized.

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			I
		
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			ever
		
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			I bear witness that there is none worthy
		
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			of our worship except Allah
		
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			And I bear witness that Muhammad
		
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			peace be upon him, is the seal of
		
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			the prophets and the final messenger to all
		
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			of humanity.
		
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			Whoever
		
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			Allah guides, there's none to misguide, and whoever
		
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			Allah
		
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			leaves to stray, there's none to guide
		
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			So a few days ago, we received a
		
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			special guest, the month of Ramadan,
		
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			and in a few days we'll be saying
		
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			goodbye to this month Hoping that Allah
		
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			will give us the life and the strength,
		
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			to reach Ramadan of next year And we
		
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			pray that Allah
		
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			will accept our Ibadah in this month We
		
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			ask Allah
		
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			to accept our fasting
		
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			and our prayers and our charities during the
		
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			month of Ramadan
		
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			وَلَ So we also praise Allah
		
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			For giving us the life to witness this
		
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			month, which is a great honor. And we
		
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			thank Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for giving us
		
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			tawqibul hidayah to witness this month, to fast
		
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			and pray and give zakat.
		
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			And subhanAllah is raining outside, and this is
		
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			one of the times in which the dua
		
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			is accepted So we hope that Allah
		
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			will accept our dua during this time. Ameen
		
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			Ameen.
		
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			There are different reactions
		
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			we get from people at the end of
		
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			Ramadan
		
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			Those who are sad because the month is
		
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			gonna be over in a few days,
		
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			and these are the people who are happy
		
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			and excited and elevated at the beginning of
		
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			the month. Because they know the value and
		
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			the significance of this month. They can easily
		
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			get closer to Allah
		
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			they can get their sins forgiven, and they
		
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			can get a lot of hasanah during this
		
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			month.
		
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			Also, there are people who are excited and
		
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			dancing in the street at the end of
		
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			the month,
		
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			and they are the same people who were
		
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			stressed out at the beginning of Ramadan. Oh,
		
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			another Ramadan!
		
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			My freedom is gonna be limited, I'm not
		
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			gonna be drinking Tim Hortons coffee every day
		
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			during the day, and those who smoke, it's
		
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			a big problem. 17 18 hours I'm not
		
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			gonna be able to smoke. So they feel
		
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			like their freedom is gonna be limited.
		
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			So this is why when they announce that
		
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			Ramadan is this day or that day, MashaAllah,
		
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			they're excited and they're happy.
		
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			Well, you shouldn't be excited and happy because
		
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			you never know if your fasting and salah
		
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			and zakah were accepted in the 1st place.
		
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			You should be excited and happy on the
		
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			Day of Judgment,
		
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			when you know that, when you receive the
		
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			announcement that Allah accepted your Ibadah
		
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			Ramadan that Allah would give them the life
		
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			to witness Ramadan, and the 6 months after
		
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			Ramadan, they make dua' that Allah accept their
		
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			Ibadah in the month of Ramadan. So their
		
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			whole year revolves around the month of Ramadan.
		
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			So these are the 2 groups. There is
		
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			a 3rd group.
		
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			Those who actually are not happy, they are
		
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			not mad, because basically,
		
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			quite frankly, really,
		
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			they don't care.
		
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			Because Ramadan for them is just another month,
		
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			like December, like January, just another month. So
		
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			they didn't increase their hanal, they didn't close
		
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			get close to Allah
		
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			They didn't get their sins forgiven, and so
		
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			on and so forth. So again,
		
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			this is a special month, especially the last
		
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			part of the month. The last 10 nights
		
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			or the last 10 days. I call them
		
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			the top 10.
		
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			The top 10. Imam Ibn Al Qayyim says,
		
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			So Imam al Qayyib says,
		
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			when horses are racing, they are in a
		
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			race.
		
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			Close to the end of the race, they
		
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			go fast.
		
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			Why? Because they know that the last 100
		
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			yards or the last 200 yards, this is
		
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			what matters. This is what will decide who's
		
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			gonna be 1st and who's gonna be 2nd.
		
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			So if you have not done enough yet,
		
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			in the last 10, 25 days or in
		
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			the last 26 days of Ramadan, you still
		
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			have a chance. You haven't missed out a
		
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			big deal.
		
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			You have the last 10 nights,
		
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			those I mean, the few days are left,
		
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			insha'Allah, most likely they have Laylatul Qadr, which
		
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			is tonight, hopefully insha'Allah, according to the majority
		
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			of the scholars, tonight is Laylatul Qadr.
		
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			So, you still have a lot of things
		
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			to do Insha'Allah,
		
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			and it doesn't take a lot of time
		
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			to gain the rewards of the last 10
		
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			nights of the month of Ramadan. We're going
		
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			to get through some of them.
		
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			Number 1 of them is Laylatul Patr, and
		
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			this is why the last ten are so
		
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			special.
		
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			Laylatul Patr, as we know from Surah Adhadr,
		
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			Khayrum min al Fishaar, is better than a
		
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			1000th month of Hidal.
		
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			Allah
		
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			knows that most of us,
		
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			would die at the age of 60 or
		
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			the age of 70, as the Prophet said
		
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			in the hadith. We don't live as long
		
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			as the people of Nuh, for example.
		
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			Nuh alaihis salam, we know from the Quran.
		
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			He spent
		
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			950 years in dawah, but his actual life,
		
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			according to the scholars, was,
		
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			1250
		
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			years or 1500 years. That was his life.
		
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			And according to,
		
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			Khontubi in his book of Tanfkara,
		
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			when he was about to die, people asked
		
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			him,
		
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			how do you look at your life, the
		
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			1500 years you lived? He said, well, it
		
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			is just like entering the house through the
		
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			front door, and leaving through the back door.
		
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			My life was
		
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			short. 1500 years.
		
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			And, they say in another narration that a
		
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			woman came to him, and she said my
		
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			son died, a kid, he died. And he
		
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			said how old was he? She said 300
		
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			years. So he said, SubhanAllah, he was too
		
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			young. Like, 300 years.
		
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			So a woman came to him. That woman,
		
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			when he died at the age of 300
		
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			years, her son, she said,
		
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			do you know what? There is an Umma
		
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			that will come after us. They will live
		
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			only 60, 50, 70 years.
		
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			So what will you do if you live
		
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			among them? So the lady said, if it's
		
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			only 60, 70 years, then a very short
		
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			time, I'm gonna spend my whole life in
		
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			sajdah. To Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			So 50 60 years is not a long
		
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			life. Right? So we need to take advantage
		
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			of this, and do the best during this
		
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			time.
		
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			So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala knows that our
		
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			lives are not that long.
		
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			So what Allah
		
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			did, He gave us special nights like Laylatul
		
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			Qadr. You're not gonna live 1500 years like
		
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			Nuh
		
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			but you have Laylatul Qadr. You spend 1
		
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			hour in Ibadah in Laylatul Qadr, like tonight
		
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			most likely Insha'Allah,
		
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			you will get the reward of 84 years.
		
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			Because Laylatul Qadr is better than a 1000
		
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			months. A 1000 months are 84 years.
		
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			The Aleman say,
		
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			for example, if you pray Salatul Isha in
		
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			JAMA'afi Laylatul Qadr.
		
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			You'll get the reward for praying Isha for
		
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			84 years in JAMA'a.
		
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			If you give Zakah or Sadaqah during Laylatul
		
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			Qadr, you will get the reward for giving
		
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			Zakah for 84 years.
		
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			And so on and so forth. If you
		
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			read Quran, if you make Dua, and so
		
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			on and so, you will get the reward
		
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			for 84 years. So this is a very
		
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			special time.
		
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			The Prophet
		
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			says,
		
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			in the hadith that Tuktah with Abdaf
		
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			One of the reasons
		
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			why Laylat al Qadr is given that name,
		
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			Qadr al Aabi means the value and the
		
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			significance.
		
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			It's a significant or important man. So this
		
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			is an important night.
		
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			Another meaning of Qadr is,
		
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			So this night, the Qadr is written for
		
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			you, and the rest is given.
		
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			So Allah
		
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			will write for you that you will gain
		
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			this amount of money from this Laylatul Qadr
		
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			to the next Laylatul Qadr.
		
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			Or Allah
		
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			will write for example that this person who's
		
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			sitting among us here
		
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			will die before next Ramadan. It is written.
		
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			So we are happy, we are enjoying life,
		
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			jumping around, we don't know that it is
		
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			already, already written for us that we will
		
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			not be here for later till Qadr next
		
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			year.
		
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			And the Prophet
		
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			says, walayaruudurqaba'a
		
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			ila dua'a.
		
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			The Prophet
		
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			said, nothing can stop the Qadr of Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Like, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			has written that, for example, you will lose
		
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			a child, or for example, you will fall
		
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			sick, or you will get laid off, you
		
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			will lose your money, something bad will happen,
		
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			the Prophet
		
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			says, the only thing that can stop that
		
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			is to make dua, to do your best
		
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			in dua. And this is a very special
		
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			night to make dua to Allah
		
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			to give you every good, and to keep
		
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			the bad away from you, and hopefully that
		
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			Allah
		
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			will give you the good, and keep you
		
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			away from the bad.
		
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			So make sure, inshaAllah, you spend some time,
		
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			some time tonight. You don't have to do
		
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			a whole lot, what you normally do, pray
		
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			Isha in JAMA'ah, pray Fazri in JAMA'ah,
		
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			pray Tawiyyah, it takes 1 hour with us,
		
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			we make Dua at the end, insha'Allah.
		
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			So again, this is all you need to
		
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			do to get the reward. And the Prophet
		
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			SAW told Aisha radiAllahu anha in Bukhari, If
		
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			it is Laylatul Qadr Fafuli Allahu Ma'inaqaaafuwun
		
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			tohibulahu wa fafaaani You Allah, You are the
		
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			Most Forgiving, You love to forgive, so have
		
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			mercy on me and forgive me.
		
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			So again, it is very simple insha'Allah.
		
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			So now imagine,
		
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			if you stand 1 night in salah tonight,
		
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			if you stand at Al Thar insha'Allah, and
		
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			you get the reward for 84 years. If
		
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			you work for a company, for Bell,
		
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			or you work for any company, Tim Hortons,
		
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			any company, and they tell you, we need
		
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			you to work just 1 hour,
		
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			and we will give you the salary for
		
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			84 years.
		
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			I think if me or you say no
		
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			to that deal or that offer, we got
		
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			to go to a psychiatrist. We need to
		
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			go to a doctor, because something has got
		
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			to be wrong. Right? Because he cannot give
		
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			any better than that. This is a great
		
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			reward from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, so we
		
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			need to take advantage of that night.
		
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			I was talking to a couple of prophets,
		
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			and one of them said: Okay, you know,
		
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			it's kind of day today, there are gonna
		
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			be,
		
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			fireworks.
		
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			I'm gonna be there in the, around city,
		
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			square 1, watching the fireworks the whole night.
		
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			I said that this is a very special
		
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			time, Laylatul Qadr, night. This is a very
		
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			special night, in 84 years, man. Plus you
		
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			can do a tikaf with us here, or
		
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			pray tarawiyyah with us, and we can see
		
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			the, you know, the supreme,
		
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			whatever they call it, the,
		
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			we can see the city square from here,
		
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			you can see the 2 towers from here,
		
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			so you can actually have a good view
		
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			of the fireworks from here. So pray Tarawah
		
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			here if you want to watch the fireworks,
		
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			you can see them from here. You don't
		
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			have to go all the way, and inshaAllah
		
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			you get that award for Laylatul Qadr if
		
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			you gotta go. Right? But again,
		
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			this special night don't waste your time. You're
		
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			close to Allah
		
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			The second thing that you can do in
		
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			this month is to do Atikaf.
		
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			And a tikaf, basically,
		
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			in the last 10 nights, you can actually
		
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			do a tikaf in all of Ramadan and
		
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			in the whole year, but the Prophet
		
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			used to give a lot of significance
		
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			to the last 10 nights of the month
		
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			of Ramadan.
		
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			According to the majority of the Haramah, you
		
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			don't have to stay up all day and
		
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			night in the masjid. The majority of the
		
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			scholars say there's no minimum. So, say, for
		
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			example, we are sitting in Jum'ah now, you
		
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			can make the niyyah for a tikaf right
		
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			now, until we finish salah,
		
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			half an hour, 20 minutes, you'll get the
		
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			reward for a tikaf. It doesn't be have
		
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			to be a whole day.
		
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			This is the opinion of the majority of
		
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			the scholars. So if you come tonight for
		
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			Maghrib, or you come for Isha and Taraweeh,
		
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			you can make the niyah through a tikaf.
		
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			You'll get the reward of a tikaf. What
		
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			can you do when you come for Antikaf?
		
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			There are 3 things that people do, and
		
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			I spoke about this before. Permissible things,
		
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			So there are 3 things that people do
		
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			in Iftikaf. The first thing,
		
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			which are of course, like
		
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			salah, like reading Quran, remembering Allah, istafar,
		
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			and these are the requirements for Altaqah. And
		
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			this is why you left your house and
		
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			came to the masjid.
		
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			Number 2: people do permissible things. Say for
		
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			example, someone has an exam tomorrow.
		
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			Can they study while they're doing antakaat? They
		
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			pray a little they pray some time, but
		
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			they study sometimes? Yes. Why not?
		
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			Someone
		
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			asks you about the weather. Nothing wrong, it's
		
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			permissible thing. But you should give time to
		
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			tikaf as well, and focus on Ibadah.
		
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			The third thing,
		
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			is when people,
		
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			they do haram things in the masjid. I'll
		
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			give a couple of examples. Some people, and
		
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			I've seen this with my own eyes, they
		
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			come to the Masjid, they sit in at
		
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			Tikaf, and they talk about other people, backbite
		
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			them. Oh, this man is tall, this man
		
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			is this, this lady is ugly, this is
		
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			that, you know, he is a thief, this
		
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			is No. You don't leave your house and
		
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			come to the Masjid to backbite people. We
		
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			can do that at Tim Hortons, when you
		
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			sit in your basement and talk about other
		
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			people.
		
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			Some people bring,
		
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			or they come to the masjid and they
		
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			are very loud. They talk or whatever.
		
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			Even when people were making atikaf at the
		
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			time of the Prophet
		
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			he told them, even if you are reading
		
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			Quran in atikaf,
		
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			don't raise your voice because everyone is trying
		
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			to communicate with Allah. If you're allowed, you're
		
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			distracting people's attention.
		
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			So keep it down so everyone can have
		
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			this peaceful time to make dua and pray
		
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			to Allah
		
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			Sometimes, and I've seen this in almost all
		
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			the Masjid that happened to,
		
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			a lot of people they bring their kids
		
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			to the Masjid and they leave. They go
		
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			shopping, they go to the movies,
		
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			go watch the fireworks, they just throw their
		
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			kids in the Masjid to ruin my life
		
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			and tear the masjid down. Right? So because
		
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			now their kids are playing with other kids,
		
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			and you know, they can't have some time
		
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			outside.
		
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			You shouldn't do that. And I think I
		
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			gave the example
		
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			of one day I was in South Carolina
		
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			praying tahajjud like 3 in the morning, and
		
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			this family they put their kids in the
		
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			masjid in the back, and they gave them
		
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			a ball, and the parents left, and the
		
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			kids were playing, and they hit me twice
		
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			with the ball.
		
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			And I heard one of them said, after
		
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			they hit me the first time, Oh, maybe
		
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			we didn't get him the first time, let's
		
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			try again. Right?
		
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			So, they ruined my night. Right?
		
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			So, make it peaceful everyone, come for Ibadah.
		
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			This is a very special time, and if
		
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			you don't want to do Ibadah, you don't
		
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			have to come to the Masjid, you are
		
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			just bas you are wasting your time, and
		
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			you are bothering everyone else.
		
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			The third thing we can
		
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			do, the end of the month is Zakatul
		
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			Fitr.
		
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			And the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Fil
		
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			Hadith al Farhadh al Alaayna Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam zakatul fitr.
		
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			So this is the whole purpose behind Zakatul
		
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			Firthr. If there was a glitch in your
		
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			fasting, you did something wrong,
		
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			whether you remembered or you forgot,
		
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			and you give Zakatul Firthr at the end
		
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			of the month, which is $10, and you
		
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			should give it before the day of Eid
		
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			insha'Allah,
		
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			to the poor, or if you give it
		
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			to the masjid, insha'Allah, there are boxes downstairs,
		
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			we will give it to the poor, insha'Allah,
		
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			to purify your fasting of any, glitches or
		
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			mistake, and also, so the poor people, the
		
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			miskeen, they don't have to beg people for
		
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			food or money on the day of Eid.
		
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			The majority of the scholars say, you give
		
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			food, but Imam Abu Hanifa, or Imam Allah
		
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			said, you can give money.
		
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			Which is actually more practical in our times,
		
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			because back then, at the time of the
		
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			Sahar al Adhuana alaihi, they didn't have a
		
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			lot of needs.
		
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			The biggest need they had was food.
		
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			But now we have needs to pay the
		
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			rent, to pay the bills, for to get
		
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			a medication, and so on and so forth.
		
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			Some people like to buy clothes, they already
		
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			have food, but they don't have clothes, or
		
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			they don't have medicine. So you give them
		
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			the money, they can buy whatever they want.
		
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			There is a compromise between the money and
		
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			the food. If you can give them a
		
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			gift card from Walmart, FreshCo, for beef food
		
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			basics,
		
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			they can go buy food, or can they
		
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			can buy whatever they want.
		
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			In some cases, if you give them food,
		
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			and they already have food, they're gonna sell
		
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			it at a cheaper price,
		
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			so it's up to you. If you want
		
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			to give food, alhamdulillah, this is the majority
		
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			of the scholars' opinion. If you want to
		
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			give money, this is the opinion of Imam
		
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			Abu Harifa, both of them are acceptable, and
		
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			both of them are good, inshaAllah.
		
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			But again, you have to give it before
		
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			salatulayit, inshaAllah.
		
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			The last thing,
		
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			for the first footba is Zakah. We know
		
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			that in Ramadan the reward for good deeds
		
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			are multiplied. You pray 1 fard, like 4,
		
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			you get the reward of 70.
		
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			You pray sunnah, you get the reward of
		
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			fard. You do umrah in Ramadan, you get
		
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			the reward of Hajj, and so on and
		
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			so forth.
		
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			So this is a very special time,
		
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			to do all the good deeds. So So
		
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			if you want to give your Zakah in
		
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			Ramadan, this is the best time. And the
		
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			Prophet
		
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			SAW Allaah
		
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			Al Hadith takalamufi
		
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			fi baadumu saharu alaabdulil
		
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			salatat fakhar alsalatahu fiyir Ramadan. The Prophet SAW
		
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			Allaah was asked
		
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			what is the best time to give my
		
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			Zakah or Salatah? And the hadith is, questionable
		
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			by some of the scholars, some say authentic,
		
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			some say it is not, and the Prophet
		
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			said, Assalatah Ramadan, this is the best Zakah
		
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			or the best Salatah. So we ask Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala to accept our abadat in
		
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			this month, and to give us our reward,
		
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			Ameel, Ameel, salallahu.
		
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			Number 1 is the day of Jum'ah, and
		
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			we know in our tradition that Jum'ah is
		
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			a day of Eid.
		
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			Tonight inshaAllah most likely is Dayatul Qadr, and
		
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			this is Eid that comes every year, and
		
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			this is the best night in the whole
		
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			year.
		
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			Tonight is Canada Day,
		
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			and this is a good day. We ask
		
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			Allah
		
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			to keep this country safe and good for
		
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			everyone.
		
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			And today is also Somalia Independence Day. So
		
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			we pray to Allah
		
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			to make that country secure and safe, insha'Allah,
		
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			and to bless the people and make it
		
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			easy for them. Today is also imam day,
		
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			because I was born this day many years
		
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			back. I'm kind of old.
		
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			Today also is very special. Yeah, someone said
		
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			takbir.
		
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			Today is also very special, because this is
		
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			the day
		
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			we will finish the loan on the bank.
		
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			Sorry, the loan to the bank on the
		
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			masjid. Because
		
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			20 years ago, we got the loan from
		
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			the bank, and it took us 20 years
		
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			to to pay. 2 weeks ago, I did
		
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			the fundraise, alhamdulillah we had, 500 spots to
		
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			sell, so we can't pay off the loan,
		
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			fix the roof, it's in bad shape, fix
		
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			the parking lot, and alhamdulillah we sold,
		
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			350
		
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			spots in 1 hour in this masjid Alhamdulillah.
		
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			$350,000
		
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			were raised that day. So every spot is
		
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			$1,000
		
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			Now only a 150
		
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			spots.
		
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			So you will get salat Hajjari in the
		
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			masjid buying this spot. This is your last
		
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			chance. Only 1 50 spots are left.
		
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			$1,000
		
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			each, and you'll have a whole year to
		
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			pay. You can pay your Ramadan, you can
		
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			pay,
		
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			before next Ramadan, Alhamdulillah,
		
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			and you will get a tax receipt. So
		
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			you can buy 1 or more for yourself,
		
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			for your parents, to honor them, or for
		
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			your family, your kids, your wife, and Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala will give you the reward,
		
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			the pledges are available,
		
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			and tonight, insha'Allah, with the help of Allah,
		
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			and with your contributions, this masjid will be
		
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			loan free for the first time in 20
		
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			years. No more loans, no more riba in
		
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			this masjid, so let's do it tonight, inshaAllah.
		
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			So the pledges are here if you want
		
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			to contribute, the pledges are available downstairs.
		
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			Sister's side, they are also available, and you
		
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			can talk to me or talk to brother
		
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			Abhis Salaam and the brothers downstairs.
		
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			Also, we will make du'a, special du'a for
		
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			brother, Sayyid Imtiaz Hussain. He passed away, so
		
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			we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to give
		
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			him Jannah and accept his Ibarah in the
		
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			month of Rudan, and we ask Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala to accept him, and give him
		
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			the Shafa'ah of Muhammad
		
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			in this blessed month.
		
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			Eid ul Filth inshaAllah, salatul Eid. Everyone is
		
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			excited now? Salatul Eid. Eid ul Filth inshaAllah
		
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			will be on Wednesday, July 6th.
		
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			July 6 insha'Allah will be, so, will be
		
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			Eid, the first day of Eid, and we'll
		
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			have salah to Eid at 8 AM insha'Allah.
		
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			It's gonna be here in English. 1 salah
		
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			at 8,
		
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			AM in the morning, and we're gonna have
		
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			breakfast as well.
		
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			Eid Festival, Al Atolla Eid Festival will be
		
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			here in this masjid, inshaAllah, Saturday, July 9th
		
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			from 10 AM
		
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			to 8 PM, inshaAllah. So everyone is welcome.
		
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			Bring your family and your friends, inshaAllah.
		
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			The last thing I want to say before
		
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			I conclude, and I cannot emphasize this enough.
		
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			We know from a hadith, like the hadith
		
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			in Musa'idim, Imam Ahmad,
		
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			that by the end of Ramadan, we have
		
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			done a lot during this month. Fasting for
		
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			17, 18 hours, praying to a week 1
		
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			night,
		
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			8 raka, 11 raka, 20 raka. We have
		
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			given Zakah, sadaqa, sadaqa jariyah, and some of
		
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			us would not get their good deeds raised
		
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			to Allah
		
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			at the end of the month. Why?
		
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			According to the hadith in Muslim
		
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			Umayyah Muhammad,
		
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			The person who cut off his or her
		
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			family relations,
		
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			they don't talk to their parents, they don't
		
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			talk to their brothers and sisters, and their
		
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			close relatives, their good deeds would not be
		
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			erased to Allah. So if you have not
		
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			spoken to your brothers and sisters I know
		
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			so many cases I receive
		
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			I do counseling all the time. People don't
		
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			talk to each other for 15, 20, 30
		
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			years because of, disagreement over inheritance.
		
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			You don't talk to your brothers and sisters
		
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			for 25 years because of a piece of
		
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			land that you are gonna leave behind, and
		
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			your kids are gonna fight over. This is
		
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			Haram. This is not the right thing to
		
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			do. Even if they are at fault,
		
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			they have done you wrong, they are bad,
		
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			you know, give them a call, and say
		
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			Eid Mubarak, nothing else.
		
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			So that in the eyes of Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala, you are not caught to Rahim.
		
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			If your mom or your dad are not
		
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			happy with you because you got married to
		
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			this good sister, or you did something, you
		
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			traveled to Canada, you didn't stay with them,
		
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			again, give them a call and say forgive
		
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			me. Even if they are at fault, say
		
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			forgive me. Forgive me, please.
		
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			You know, I I ask for your forgiveness.
		
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			So, in this case, inshaAllah, even if you
		
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			say these words, Happy Eid, may Allah accept
		
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			from you forgive me, then Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala will not count you among those who
		
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			cut off their family relations. Your deeds will
		
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			be raised to Allah, and you will get
		
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			the 4th reward. We ask Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala to give us that reward for our
		
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			Ibadah in this month, for our fasting, and
		
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			our prayers, and our zakan and sadaqa jariyah.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to forgive
		
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			all Muslims, Ameen, Ameen.