Mustafa Khattab – Why Dua Is Not Answered

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The importance of "fitness" in situations where people are not behaving normally is emphasized, along with the power of duels and donations to avoid embarrassment and problems like a thief and suicide. The speaker emphasizes the need for duels and donations to avoid embarrassment and problems like a thief and suicide, and warns of the danger of embarrassment and problems like a thief and suicide. The Congressmen are emphasized as important in these situations.

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			Hey. It's a beautiful day, but I'm not
		
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			happy.
		
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			Why are you not happy? Because some of
		
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			you are not behaving when it is time
		
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			for salah.
		
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			It seems we're gonna start sending some of
		
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			you to the principal's office. Yeah. We're not.
		
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			I think we have to do this because,
		
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			some people were pushing each other, they were
		
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			laughing and jumping. Even in the second raka,
		
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			we're in the middle of the salah, and
		
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			people were jumping and running, and and this
		
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			is not accepted. And I think you promised
		
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			me yesterday that you're gonna pray properly. So,
		
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			tomorrow is your last chance. If I see
		
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			misbehavior,
		
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			principal's office,
		
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			Anyone? Anyone?
		
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			No. Those who misbehave, inshallah. So today, inshallah,
		
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			we'll continue our discussion about dua. We mentioned
		
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			yesterday that dua is a very powerful tool.
		
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			When you raise your hands and ask Allah
		
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			to give you something, or you have a
		
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			problem and you ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			to make it easy for you, Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala will answer your dua. Especially when
		
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			you make dua for other people, they are
		
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			in a difficulty,
		
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			and you cannot help them financially or any
		
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			in any other way, so at least raise
		
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			your hand and say, you Allah help them,
		
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			you Allah make it easy for them, and
		
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			Allah
		
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			will give you the reward for your dua.
		
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			And as we mentioned, if you ever face
		
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			any difficulty,
		
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			ask your parents to make dua for you
		
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			because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would most likely
		
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			answer their dua.
		
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			But, sometimes there is a problem.
		
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			We make dua and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			doesn't answer the dua.
		
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			Sometimes some of us make dua, and they
		
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			are desperate, and Allah doesn't answer their dua.
		
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			And there are a few reasons.
		
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			Number 1,
		
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			if we're not behaving or if we're doing
		
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			something haram, or we're eating from haram. Now
		
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			let's say for example if there is
		
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			a thief, someone who steals money from people,
		
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			or someone who sells drugs or alcohol or
		
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			any other Haram item, and they make dua
		
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			to Allah. Do you think Allah would answer
		
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			their dua? Yeah. There is actually a hadith
		
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			from the prophet
		
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			and, someone will go for the Hajj, and
		
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			they travel for weeks or months,
		
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			and they go and
		
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			they make dua, and they raise their hands,
		
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			and they say,
		
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			And the Prophet
		
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			said,
		
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			How can Allah answer their dua? They are
		
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			eating from haram.
		
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			They are doing haram things all the time.
		
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			They're committing haram things, sins. How can Allah
		
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			answer them? So if you want Allah to
		
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			answer your dua, you have to eat from
		
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			halal.
		
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			And some of the sahaba,
		
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			they said that Allah answered their dua all
		
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			the time because they were eating from halal
		
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			resources. They were not doing the haram
		
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			things. So this is number 1.
		
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			Number 2,
		
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			if you make an unacceptable dua'a, like say
		
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			for example, you have a friend and Allah
		
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			bless their family with money, They have a
		
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			huge house.
		
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			You know, they live a very comfortable life,
		
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			and you're very jealous of them, and you
		
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			make dua' that Allah will destroy him and
		
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			his family.
		
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			You Allah, burn their house to the ground.
		
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			You Allah, take them. I hope their car
		
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			will break down in the middle of the
		
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			highway, and, you know,
		
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			a flood will destroy it. Something like this.
		
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			This is called
		
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			in dua.
		
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			You're committing aggression in du'a, and Allah doesn't
		
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			answer this.
		
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			Especially if you're making du'a against someone who
		
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			is decent and they're good, how can Allah
		
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			answer such a du'a?
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says in Surah Alaf,
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, make dua to
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			with devotion,
		
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			with sincerity,
		
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			but don't make transgression
		
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			in dua.
		
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			Sometimes,
		
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			in the Jumah Khutba, some of the khatibs,
		
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			they say, You Allah destroy
		
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			America,
		
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			destroy Europe, destroy Australia,
		
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			destroy Canada.
		
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			We are living in Canada. If Allah were
		
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			to answer your dua and destroy us, Anatolia
		
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			will be destroyed, or main gate will be
		
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			destroyed.
		
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			And there are so many innocent people,
		
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			non Muslims who live in these countries, and
		
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			there are decent people.
		
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			Whenever there's a flood in a Muslim country,
		
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			in Pakistan, or there is a problem in
		
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			a Muslim country,
		
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			they send donations, and they're trying to help.
		
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			So now you are making Dua to destroy
		
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			them. I remember one time I was in
		
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			Egypt, and the Khatib was, giving a talk,
		
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			and at the end of the talk he
		
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			was making Dua against a particular non Muslim
		
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			country, and he said, you Allah destroy them,
		
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			all of them.
		
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			And the brother next to me was from
		
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			that country, and he's he was not happy,
		
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			and he said, You look, the khalib is
		
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			making dua against my mother,
		
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			and my mother is a good woman, she
		
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			she's not harming anyone, why is he making
		
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			dua against everyone?
		
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			Right?
		
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			So, if someone did something wrong to you,
		
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			maybe make Dua for Hidayah for them, that
		
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			Allah will give them Hidayah, so they don't
		
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			bother you anymore. Right? So this is also
		
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			another way that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala does
		
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			not answer a Dua.
		
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			Number 3, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			may delay
		
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			the answer to the Dua or maybe He
		
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			will not answer in this dunya.
		
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			So, say for example, there is a hadith
		
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			that when Musa alaihi wasalam made dua against
		
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			pharaoh,
		
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			the answer came after 40 years according to
		
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			some narrations. After 40 years.
		
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			And the ulama have different opinions why the
		
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			answer was delayed and so on and so
		
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			forth, but Allahu Alelam what the reason was.
		
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			I mentioned before that sometimes
		
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			we have a difficulty,
		
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			or a problem, and as soon as Allah
		
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			answers your dua, He gives you whatever you're
		
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			asking for, you're desperate for a job, or
		
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			someone is looking for a wife, or someone
		
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			was laid off, or some
		
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			any problem.
		
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			So you keep making dua and crying and
		
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			praying, and as soon as Allah
		
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			answers your salah,
		
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			you just run away. You don't make dua
		
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			anymore, you don't pray anymore,
		
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			and this is mentioned in many places in
		
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			the Quran. So maybe Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			wants to keep your company,
		
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			He wants you to keep making Dua to
		
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			him,
		
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			and keep in praying, and keep praying to
		
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			him, and this is why he would delay
		
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			the answer of the Dua. And sometimes Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			he knows that
		
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			if he answers this dua, if he gives
		
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			you this job,
		
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			something horrible would happen to you, or if
		
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			he allows you to marry the person, something
		
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			miserable would happen to you. So Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala doesn't answer this dua,
		
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			so you want to, get this job, or
		
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			go to this school, or marry that person,
		
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			and he will give you something else because
		
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			it is better for you,
		
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			and he will give you the reward for
		
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			your dua in Afra. If he doesn't answer
		
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			your dua the way you want it, that
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala knows what is best
		
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			for you. So regardless of what happens,
		
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			keep making dua. If Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			doesn't answer your dua in dunya, he will
		
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			give you the in akhirah.
		
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			We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to accept
		
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			our dua, and give us hidayah, and help
		
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			us behave when it is time for salah.
		
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			Ameen wa sallallahu maha salam. Is a sister
		
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			doing a surgery
		
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			Bless Allah
		
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			to give her shifa, a long and healthy
		
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			life, and give her a healthy life and
		
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			a long and health and an obedient life
		
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			to him inshaAllah. Ameen, Ameen, jazakumullah.
		
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			May Allah
		
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			give her patience
		
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			and, give her give her family patience in
		
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			this difficult
		
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			time.