Mustafa Khattab – Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People

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The importance of testing one's actions for their health and their true or false status is discussed in Islam. The negative impact of bad things on people, including negative behavior and negative emotions, is emphasized. The use of Allah's Qadr for tests and challenges, including personal and family history, is discussed. Prayer and faith tests are also emphasized, and the importance of testing one's health, wealth, family, and family members is emphasized. The Proud Muslims and Successful Canadians event is happening on November 26th, and the speakers will discuss examples from Islamic Islam, the Proud Muslims and Successful Canadians, and some good examples from Islamic Islamic heritage. The event is happening on November 26th, and the speakers will give important announcements.

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			I bear witness that there is none worthy
		
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			of our worship except Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
		
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			and I bear witness that Muhammad Sallallahu Wa
		
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			Salam, peace be upon him, is the seed
		
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			of the Prophets and the final Messenger to
		
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			all of humanity.
		
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			Whoever
		
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			Allah guides, there is none to misguide, and
		
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			whoever Allah
		
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			leaves astray, there is none to guide aright.
		
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			Alayom insha'Allah salahuahu aluwajeevaan
		
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			su'alimuhimjiddan
		
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			So inshallah, in today's book, by the next
		
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			20 minutes, I'll try to answer this, question
		
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			in everyone's mind. So Muslims ask this question,
		
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			and non Muslims ask the same question. So
		
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			the question is,
		
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			why do bad things happen to good people?
		
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			And I see a lot of things, like
		
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			people, like some Muslims, they are not practicing,
		
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			they are Muslims by name, they are not
		
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			practicing, and as soon as they start to
		
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			pray and practice,
		
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			something terrible happens to them. Their life before
		
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			practicing was easy,
		
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			Then, once they became practicing, problems happened to
		
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			them.
		
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			And I've seen some brothers and sisters who
		
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			accepted Islam.
		
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			Before Islam, their lives were easy. And as
		
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			soon as they accepted Islam,
		
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			problems happened to them. And they come to
		
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			me and say, Well, I was healthy before
		
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			Islam, and when I accepted Islam, I had
		
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			a brain tumor.
		
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			I found out that I have cancer.
		
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			My cat died.
		
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			Something terrible happened to them.
		
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			So on and so on and so forth.
		
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			Someone, for example, will start practicing, or he
		
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			or she is a good person, they are
		
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			not harming anyone, and their life is difficult.
		
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			They get laid off,
		
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			they lose their mother, their child dies, and
		
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			so on and so forth.
		
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			So the question is, why do bad things
		
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			happen to good people? And some people even
		
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			ask, is this a sign that Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala doesn't like me anymore? Allah hates
		
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			me?
		
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			So this is the question.
		
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			So inshaAllah, I'm gonna try to answer this
		
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			question. To start with,
		
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			Allah
		
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			tests us in different ways. Sometimes He will
		
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			test you with a good thing, like money,
		
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			a position, a good health, or He will
		
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			test you with something terrible, like the loss
		
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			of a family member, the loss of a
		
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			job, your car breaks down, and so on
		
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			and so forth. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			says in the Quran,
		
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			Allah says it in at least a couple
		
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			of places in the Quran that I will
		
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			always test you, I'll put you to the
		
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			test
		
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			with good things and bad things
		
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			to see if you are really truthful, if
		
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			you are honest with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			or if you'll be up to the test
		
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			or not.
		
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			And we'll give you different reasons why Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will test us, but basically,
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will test us with
		
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			the good and the bad.
		
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			If If you read the Quran, you see
		
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			so many stories. Some people were tested with
		
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			good, it turned out to be something terrible
		
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			for them, and some people were tested with
		
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			something bad or something evil and it turned
		
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			out to be something fantastic for them.
		
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			Again Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says it in
		
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			Surah Baqal.
		
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			It may happen that you hate something
		
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			from the bottom of your heart, and it
		
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			turns out to be something beautiful, something good
		
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			for you. And maybe you will love something,
		
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			and it turns out to be something,
		
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			catastrophic, something disastrous
		
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			for you.
		
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			Take for example in the story of Karumun.
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala blessed him with money,
		
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			lots of money. He was a billionaire,
		
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			like Donald Trump. He was a billionaire, he
		
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			had lots of money.
		
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			How did he use his money?
		
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			So his money contributed actually to his destruction.
		
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			It didn't benefit him.
		
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			Say for example, the man of the 2
		
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			gardens in Suraqaaf that we eat on the
		
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			day of Jum'ah. He was very wealthy, but
		
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			he was arrogant,
		
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			so it didn't benefit him.
		
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			Allah
		
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			attested some people with,
		
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			their
		
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			throne, for example.
		
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			He
		
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			was in a very high position.
		
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			He was hiding in the land, but he
		
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			was arrogant and he was abusive, and he
		
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			was destroyed at the end.
		
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			So something good, people have used, and it
		
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			turned out to be something bad for them.
		
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			And this happens to you sometimes.
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will bless you with
		
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			something, and it turns out to be something
		
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			terrible for you. There's this brother
		
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			I met in Vancouver.
		
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			He came many years ago. He came in
		
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			the 19 sixties.
		
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			So I used to joke with him, I
		
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			told him, You you came right after the
		
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			first people that were stamping your passport when
		
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			you came in the 19 sixties. It came
		
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			a long time. So he got married
		
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			to a lady,
		
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			and for the first 3 or 4 years
		
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			in the marriage, they didn't have any kids.
		
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			He was very disparate. He was crying, You
		
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			Allah, give me a son, give me a,
		
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			you know, a baby.
		
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			Eventually Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala gave them a
		
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			baby.
		
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			They had a pool in their backyard.
		
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			The baby was crawling, and the baby fell
		
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			down in the pool, and for the next
		
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			20 or 25 years, the baby was in
		
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			a coma.
		
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			And he was dependent on all these tubes
		
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			and life support.
		
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			So the father was telling me,
		
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			this incident, and this kid, I was desperate
		
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			and I was praying. And when I Allah
		
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			gave me the baby, I thought this is
		
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			the best thing that has ever happened to
		
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			me, and it turned out to be a
		
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			disaster. Because this kid destroyed my life because
		
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			of what happened,
		
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			all the money I spent,
		
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			I had to he divorced his wife. His
		
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			life was devastating.
		
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			So he said, maybe it would have been
		
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			better for me if Allah didn't give me
		
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			a baby. So it turned out to be
		
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			bad for me.
		
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			In some other situations, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			will give you something bad, you think it's
		
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			the it's the end of the world, and
		
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			it turns out to be something good for
		
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			you.
		
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			So now put yourself in the place of
		
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			Yusuf Alaihi Salam Fil Beir, in the well.
		
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			What would come to your mind? I'm finished,
		
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			my life is over, Khadas, I'm gonna die.
		
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			This that's it, I'm done.
		
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			Then he came out, they put him in
		
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			jail.
		
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			This is the end of my life. It's
		
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			over for me.
		
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			All this contributed to him being the Aziz
		
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			of Egypt, the 2nd strongest man in the
		
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			country,
		
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			in the richest country of the time.
		
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			So all of these bad things contributed or
		
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			paved the way for him to hold his
		
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			position. So it turned out to be something
		
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			very good for him.
		
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			And also for Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam, when
		
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			the people tried to kick him out of
		
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			Mecca, it turned out to be something good
		
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			for him because he found receptive people in
		
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			Madira, he established a Muslim state, and they
		
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			became powerful.
		
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			Something good.
		
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			You read in the story of Musa, when
		
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			the people of Araun tried to kill him,
		
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			he had to escape to Madia,
		
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			only to meet his wife, they got married.
		
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			On the way back to Egypt, he lost
		
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			his way, according to Surah Qasas and Suratah,
		
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			where he found when he got lost, he
		
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			found the fire on the bush, and this
		
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			is where he spoke to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala, he received Darizalah from Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala. So it could be something bad, but
		
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			it turns out to be something very good
		
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			for you.
		
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			And only Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows what
		
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			is good and what is not good for
		
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			you. Because we only see a little bit
		
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			of the picture, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala sees
		
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			the whole picture.
		
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			So, you should trust Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			And some of the scholars say, if you
		
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			were to look at the Qadr of Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, and the different options, and
		
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			the different scenarios that Allah has in store
		
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			for you, you would only choose what Allah
		
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			already chose for you.
		
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			So you should have rida' and plana'a with
		
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			the Qadr of Allah
		
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			and you shouldn't question or protest.
		
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			Now, to answer the question,
		
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			if something bad happens to you, does this
		
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			mean that Allah hates you, or he's not
		
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			happy with you? Well, not necessarily, because we
		
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			see a lot of hadith in which the
		
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			Prophet says,
		
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			Inna Allah
		
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			I will get to this in a minute.
		
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			And the Prophet SAW says in another hadith,
		
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			No one was tested
		
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			more than the Prophets. Ashadul Nasibtilaal
		
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			alambial.
		
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			So no one was tested more than the
		
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			Prophets.
		
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			So, for example,
		
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			Prophets, some Prophet lost their lives, Zakariyah and
		
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			Yahia alayhi wasalam. They were killed.
		
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			Some Prophets were faced with rejection.
		
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			People were kafir in their message.
		
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			Some of their followers were abused and killed,
		
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			like Muhammad and so on and so forth.
		
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			I think, by reading the stories in, Qasas
		
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			al Anbiya, and the stories of Sahaba and
		
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			the Prophet
		
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			I think one of the biggest challenges that
		
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			faced the Prophets,
		
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			this is the biggest Ibtila they have, is
		
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			when they have a kafir in their family.
		
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			Like, say, for example, in the story of
		
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			Ibrahim,
		
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			think the biggest challenge he had was that
		
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			his father was a Kafir, a disbeliever,
		
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			and he was his enemy.
		
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			In the story of Nuh, his son was
		
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			a Kafir, and he was against his father.
		
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			In the story of Lut,
		
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			his wife was his enemy.
		
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			So why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is doing
		
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			this? Because the Kufar at the time of
		
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			Nuh and Lut and Muhammad SAW A'SILAM, they
		
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			would say, if this religion was good,
		
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			their the Prophet's family would be the first
		
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			one to believe in them. But this is
		
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			not true. In many cases,
		
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			your own flesh and blood would be against
		
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			you, and this would be used against you
		
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			by the enemies. So the lesson that Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala is trying to teach us
		
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			is that Hidayah comes from Allah,
		
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			not from the Prophets. The Prophets are just
		
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			a means, they're delivering a message. So this
		
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			is why the son of Nuh was Kaafir,
		
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			the son of Ibrahim was Kaafir,
		
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			but the wife of Eran was a believer.
		
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			How did that happen?
		
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			It's Allah,
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala works in mysterious ways. So
		
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			sometimes you have good people around you,
		
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			maybe
		
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			Allah's Qadr for you not to be good,
		
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			and maybe you would have evil and wicked
		
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			people around you, and it turns out you
		
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			become a good people. So Allah
		
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			works in mysterious ways.
		
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			And I also mentioned the story like Muhammad
		
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			he lost his children, 6 out of the
		
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			7 children died in his lifetime, he lost
		
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			Khadija,
		
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			he lost Zaynah bintu Khuzaima
		
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			So he had so many challenges in his
		
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			life, and still he was smiling and he
		
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			was happy with the father of
		
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			So now back to the question,
		
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			why does Allah
		
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			allow bad things to happen to good people?
		
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			So if your philosophy in life
		
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			is that bad things will happen to bad
		
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			people,
		
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			and nothing bad will happen to good people.
		
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			If you think that Allah will not put
		
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			you to the test
		
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			and trials and Imtila because you're a good
		
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			guy, this is just like when someone who
		
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			is vegetarian, who is standing in front of
		
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			a bull, they think that the bull is
		
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			not gonna attack them, just because you're a
		
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			vegetarian.
		
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			Well, it has nothing to do with it.
		
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			So this is part of the grand scheme
		
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			of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, the big picture.
		
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			He will test people for good reasons.
		
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			So,
		
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			one good reason that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			will test you, when someone takes shahada and
		
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			becomes Muslim, when someone who is not practicing
		
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			started to practice,
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will test you with
		
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			a tilah
		
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			to refine you,
		
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			to see how strong your faith is.
		
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			Those who work with jewelry and gold and
		
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			stuff, they know that the fiercest or the
		
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			strongest the fire is the purest gold that
		
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			you will get.
		
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			All the junk will be melted in a
		
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			couple of minutes. What remains
		
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			is the fine gold, and this is why
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is testing the Prophets
		
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			and the sahabah, although He loved them,
		
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			someone like Abuja,
		
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			someone like Abu Lah, they lived an easy
		
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			life, although they were enemies of Allah. You
		
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			see someone like Muhammad SaaSalaam,
		
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			Bin A'radaylaahu anhu, and so on and so
		
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			forth. They were the best, and they were
		
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			the most beloved to Allah, but they were
		
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			tested.
		
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			So, most of the time it has nothing
		
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			to do with love and hatred in this
		
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			case.
		
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			So Allah
		
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			will test your faith to see how strong
		
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			your faith is. Is your faith in Allah
		
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			real, or this is something just superficial?
		
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			And Allah
		
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			says it at the beginning of Surah Al
		
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			Qabud.
		
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			Aliflamim
		
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			Do people think
		
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			that once they say we are true believers,
		
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			that they would not be put to the
		
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			test?
		
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			I tested those who came before, so
		
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			so Allah will distinguish
		
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			those who are true in faith, and those
		
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			who are faking, those who are lies. So
		
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			this is the first one. So Allah
		
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			will point out those who are true in
		
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			faith, and those who are faking.
		
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			Number 2, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would put
		
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			you through the test because He loves you
		
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			so much.
		
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			Maybe you did something bad, you made a
		
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			mistake. You're a good person, but you make
		
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			mistakes. We're all human beings, we're not angels,
		
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			we make mistakes.
		
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			There are 2 options here.
		
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			Option number 1, you don't make tawqa before
		
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			your death, and you will go to akhla
		
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			with a sin, and on the Day of
		
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			Judgment Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala would question you
		
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			in front of everyone, from the time of
		
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			Adam till the day of judgment. We're talking
		
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			about billions of people, and this would be
		
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			a huge
		
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			humiliation for you in front of everyone.
		
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			Or, the other option, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			will put you to the test,
		
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			and when you are patient, Allah will remove
		
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			your sins.
		
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			Where do we get this from? From an
		
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			authentic hadith, Yatul Midi Yapul An Abu SAW
		
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			A'SALLAH.
		
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			So the Prophet SAWHSA wa sallam said in
		
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			this authentic hadithi at Tirmili, that Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala will be testing the believers, men
		
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			and women,
		
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			in terms of their wealth,
		
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			and health, and their family, and children, until
		
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			they meet Allah with no sins.
		
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			Which means that every time Allah will test
		
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			you, and you are patient, He will remove
		
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			your sins from you.
		
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			So I'm gonna request you please, if you
		
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			can move up, please, because people are waiting
		
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			outside.
		
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			Move up please.
		
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			So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will use your
		
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			patience in this difficulty
		
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			to remove the hardship from you.
		
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			Number 3, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will put
		
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			you to the test
		
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			and make it difficult for you,
		
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			and sometimes you will remain in the difficulty
		
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			for a long time for a good reason
		
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			because Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala wants to bring
		
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			you closer.
		
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			Why? Because Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala He created
		
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			us,
		
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			and He knows us better than we know
		
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			ourselves.
		
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			He knows when things are good for you.
		
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			You live a comfortable life, you have the
		
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			money, you have the car, you have a
		
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			good wife or a good husband, you have
		
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			kids, a good paying job,
		
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			why do you need Allah?
		
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			Most of the people, they turn their back
		
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			to Allah
		
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			But when things are difficult for you, you
		
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			don't have a job,
		
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			you don't have kids, you are sick, in
		
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			and out of the hospital,
		
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			then you'll always be making dua to Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And this is mentioned in
		
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			many places in the Quran.
		
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			So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, When I
		
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			shower
		
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			My favors on people,
		
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			they turn their back on Me, Falas, they
		
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			don't pray, they don't need Me.
		
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			But when things become very difficult for them,
		
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			they always come to me crying and begging.
		
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			So this is what happens, I see a
		
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			lot of people when they have exams, their
		
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			time is very limited, they have their finals.
		
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			So they pray on time, although their time
		
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			is very limited.
		
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			As soon as they succeed,
		
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			they don't have time for salah, although they
		
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			are afraid. They have nothing to do. So
		
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			Allah
		
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			knows it.
		
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			When someone goes to jail, or someone goes
		
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			to the hospital for a surgery, or a
		
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			sister goes to deliver her baby, they make
		
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			dua.
		
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			And when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala delivers the
		
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			baby safely,
		
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			and when the person gets out of jail,
		
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			when they leave the hospital and they become
		
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			healthy,
		
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			most people don't pray, and they don't remember
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Also,
		
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			the reason why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will
		
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			keep the Iqta'ala for a long time, is
		
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			because if he answers your du'a quickly,
		
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			you will take the rimah and run away,
		
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			and you never pray again. So Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala will keep the Iitira for a
		
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			long time, because He likes to keep your
		
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			company. He likes you to keep praying and
		
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			asking Him, and this is something good that
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala loves.
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala loves
		
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			it when people pray to him and ask
		
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			him. But human beings, when you ask them,
		
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			most of the time they say, No, I
		
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			can't give you. Or even if they give
		
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			you and they put a smile on their
		
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			face, I call it a screensaver,
		
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			in their heart they're inspired.
		
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			They pray, You Allah, take him. Why is
		
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			he always
		
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			taking my car? Why is he always asking
		
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			for money? They're not happy! So this is
		
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			why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would put us
		
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			to the test. Another way, very quickly insha'Allah,
		
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			and we'll continue next week insha'Allah.
		
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			Another way,
		
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			bad things happen to you, so Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala will save you from something worse.
		
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			Back in the 19 nineties, there was,
		
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			for example, there was, the World Cup, I
		
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			think it was hosted by European country. There
		
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			was a journalist from Egypt,
		
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			he missed the flight to go and watch
		
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			and report the World Cup.
		
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			He thought it the the flight was gonna
		
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			be at 9,
		
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			9,
		
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			AM 9 PM, and it turned out to
		
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			be 9 AM in the morning. So he
		
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			missed the flight. He was 12 hours late.
		
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			He was crying every step of the way.
		
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			Next morning, first thing, he got the paper,
		
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			and it says that the flight
		
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			crashed in the Mediterranean,
		
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			and he was dancing in the street.
		
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			So Allah
		
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			allowed something bad to happen, so he can
		
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			save him from a worse situation.
		
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			There's also the story,
		
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			it was lower than he was back then.
		
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			There was a doctor
		
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			who was traveling from, say, Cairo to Alexandria
		
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			or, say, from,
		
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			Saint Catherine's to Ottawa, and on the way
		
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			his car broke down. He was visiting his
		
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			family, and he was going to his house.
		
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			He was staying by himself in Ottawa. So
		
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			on the way, his car broke down. So
		
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			he had to spend the night in a
		
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			motel in Mesasaya. When he went to his
		
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			house in the morning, he found that that
		
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			the roof of his house collapsed on his
		
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			bed. It's a true story! So he was
		
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			mad when his car broke down, then when
		
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			he went home, he said SubhanAllah Allah, save
		
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			me from death!
		
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			So you never know, it could be something
		
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			bad, and it turns out to be something
		
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			good. And the last point for today,
		
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			maybe Allah
		
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			would take something good from you,
		
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			to give you something better than what He
		
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			has taken from you. Maybe they will fire
		
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			you, you will get laid off, only to
		
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			find out that Allah gave you a better
		
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			paying job, a better job.
		
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			In the story of Abu Salamah Radhaal, and
		
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			the story is in the Sahib Muslim.
		
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			So what happened when her husband died, Abu
		
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			Salamah,
		
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			she was crying, and she was sad,
		
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			she heard the Hadith from the Prophet SAW
		
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			Hassan inside Muslim,
		
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			when something bad happens to you, and you
		
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			say Allah
		
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			So, in this hadith in Sahih Muslim,
		
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			the Prophet
		
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			says, if Allah takes something from you, and
		
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			you say, Allah,
		
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			give me the reward
		
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			for my patience in this difficult time, Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will give you something better.
		
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			So whenever Musa Salaam used to say this
		
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			hadith, she would say, Who is better than
		
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			Abu Salam? Woman Khayyum min Abi Salaam. Who
		
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			is better than my husband? I can't see
		
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			anyone.
		
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			Then after her Idda, the Prophet SAW proposed
		
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			and he married her, Fakkal attaqur wallahi
		
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			laasoo wallahi sallallahu
		
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			khayum min abi salam So when the Prophet
		
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			SAW proposed after her Idda, she got married
		
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			to the best man ever and she used
		
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			to say, wallahi,
		
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			the Prophet SAW
		
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			is a 1000000 times better than Abu Salam.
		
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			What a great honor to be married to
		
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			this man. So always look at the full
		
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			picture, and thank Allah for choosing this color
		
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			for you. We'll continue next to him, insha'Allah.
		
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			So inshaAllah, just for, the time, I'll make
		
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			a couple of quick important announcements,
		
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			and we'll continue the announcements after our salaam,
		
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			inshaAllah.
		
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			So this event is coming up on November
		
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			26th.
		
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			We call it the Anatolia Motivation Conference. This
		
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			is the first time we have it, and
		
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			it's a very fantastic conference. We got some
		
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			of the top speakers in Canada,
		
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			from GTA, from Niagara Falls, and from other,
		
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			places.
		
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			So we
		
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			have 11, 12 speakers. So Insha'Allah, November 26th,
		
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			we have this conference from 12 at noon
		
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			till 9 at night.
		
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			So this is something beneficial to the families,
		
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			for your children and and youth, so make
		
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			sure inshallah,
		
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			they come.
		
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			So, the subject and the theme for this
		
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			year is Proud Muslims and Successful Canadians.
		
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			So, the speakers will talk about,
		
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			beautiful
		
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			examples and, incredible examples from Islamic Islamic heritage,
		
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			and some,
		
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			good examples from their own personal,
		
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			stories. We have a bazaar, we have babysitting,
		
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			and so on and so forth. So inshallah,
		
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			make sure you come. The tickets are available.
		
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			Make sure you benefit
		
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			from the Erlendberg,
		
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			discount. Until
		
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			November 19th, the tickets are $15.
		
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			After November 19th, it's gonna be 20. For
		
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			kids, 4 years and under, free. Unless you
		
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			wanna use the babysitting,
		
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			service, $5.
		
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			Children, 4 years to 12 years old, there
		
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			are only $5. If you wanna use the
		
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			childcare,
		
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			free. So, inshallah, this is very beneficial, and
		
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			we hope that Allah
		
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			will give us the benefit. If you want
		
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			to,
		
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			buy your ticket online or know more about
		
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			the, event, go to the website anatoliamotivations.com.
		
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			Anatoliamotivations.com,
		
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			and the tickets are available also downstairs. There
		
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			is a table, you can buy them inshallah.
		
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			The second and also important announcement,
		
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			we have a beautiful program for the youth,
		
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			Saturdays,
		
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			6 to 8 pm
		
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			at the Frankie McKigney Frank McKigney Community Center,
		
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			every Saturday, 6 to 8. This is a
		
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			beautiful program
		
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			for the youth, the boys 13 and up.
		
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			InshaAllah, they can join us for 2 hours.
		
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			We pray Baha'i HaNisha together,
		
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			and we, play together basketball, volleyball, soccer, and
		
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			so on and so forth. And we also
		
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			I give them a lecture at the end
		
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			for 15, 20 minutes. So this is a
		
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			very good program for Tarbiyah. If your kids
		
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			are here, 13 years and up, boys, they
		
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			can join insha'Allah. I'm trying to start a
		
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			program for the sisters as well at the
		
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			Masjid here. So insha'Allah, make sure you encourage
		
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			your kids to attend. It's only $5 every
		
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			Saturday,
		
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			6 to 8 at Frank Mahickney. We ask
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to give us the
		
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			best in this life and the best in
		
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			the life to come. And we ask Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to give us suffering in
		
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			difficult times, and we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala to help us to be grateful to
		
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			him in good times.