Nouman Ali Khan – Live with a Higher Purpose – Q&A

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			When you do that, your career,
your family, all that other stuff,
		
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			it can have drama and not have
drama. It can the sale can happen
		
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			or not happen, ups and downs will
happen. But you live, the thing
		
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			that pours life into you is
something bigger than that.
		
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			Right.
		
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			I'm a lawyer and also real estate
negotiator at a young age, y'all
		
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			my peers. The issue that I want to
put out here is
		
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			hustle culture. I mean,
		
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			how does hustle culture for the
current generation opposed to what
		
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			Islam says like, baraka and all
that because to my peers, and
		
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			frankly, myself, we didn't really
care about burger, we just worked
		
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			on getting the sale, no matter
what costs, even cutting corners.
		
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			Emphasis on, on getting yeah,
getting the cash that said, but
		
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			then given that awareness, not
saying I'm perfect, but given
		
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			that, I mean, I've learned
something over the years. And
		
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			during that some things are
better. I just want to think how
		
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			we address such a prevalent issue
these days in which youngsters do
		
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			not care so much about the burqa,
and Rama the means and also about
		
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			the afflictions. Like let's say we
don't get a seal. We feel like oh,
		
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			it's a test. It's attached. We
don't get it. I mean, look hard
		
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			for months and months and months
and on. And then we don't get our
		
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			say we don't get our results
immediately. It's like nothing
		
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			gratification, but then we feel
like we've been screwed. But our
		
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			getting our ends meet you so so
it's like addressing the matter of
		
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			hustle culture and also backup and
also about
		
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			acceptance of tests. Because yeah,
we I mean, in Malay terms, it's
		
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			like that it has to mean,
		
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			it means that the rescue force in
America is not meant for us. So
		
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			just want to know your my thoughts
on that? Yeah, sure.
		
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			Okay, so let's, I think you
answered a lot of it in your
		
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			question, but okay. But
		
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			that's the lawyer in you.
		
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			But are, you know, a wonderful
thoughts, I think,
		
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			first of all, I think Muslims need
to have a sense of hard work,
		
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			great accomplishment, creativity.
I also think some things that I
		
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			really appreciate about my
American upbringing, is that
		
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			whenever you're struggling for
something and you fail, then you
		
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			just know that you need to find
another avenue, try something
		
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			else, and then let that fail and
then try another thing and let
		
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			that fail. Like failure is just
the like, the road to success is
		
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			failure. Right? So you don't see
failure as a disaster. You see
		
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			failure as yeah, now I know that's
not worth trying. And you go to
		
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			that instead of sitting there
like, oh my god, I put so many
		
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			months into this and it didn't
happen. It's that's not the
		
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			culture, the culture is keep
moving forward, keep trying new
		
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			things, don't be afraid of
failure. And you'll keep you know,
		
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			finding success. The problem with
sometimes other cultures that
		
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			don't succeed as much as the
moment you run into failure, you
		
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			run into depression, right? You
just I can't believe this didn't
		
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			work out and now what am I going
to do? No, you should always have
		
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			like, what am I going to do next?
Okay, well, that failed. Now,
		
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			another thing Now one other thing
now another thing right. So, that
		
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			that level of hustle culture I
think Muslims should have we
		
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			should have grit, we should have
resilience we shouldn't be
		
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			creative. Now, as far as the
baraka piece of this is concerned,
		
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			I think one of the things that
university graduates should be
		
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			coming out with part of the
mentality you all should be coming
		
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			out with is your your life is very
short. You know your your youth is
		
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			short lived and the time you have
to do something with your life is
		
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			very short. And within that the
world is selling you even shorter,
		
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			cheaper goals house car, you know
are you know a beautiful partner
		
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			and children or whatever they are
some some models have been sold to
		
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			you and this is what you're
running after right? Money will
		
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			come while you know marriage will
happen Korea will work out but
		
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			your mentality if you if you're
running after these things, you're
		
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			going to live a miserable life.
You're going to live miserably
		
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			because you know if I get married,
I'll be happy those people have
		
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			the worst marriages. They have
they have they're so miserable in
		
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			their home to I'm telling you well
once I have this job, I'll be
		
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			happy. They're so miserable, so
depressed in their job. If I just
		
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			get that house, I'll be happy.
They're like, I wish I'd never got
		
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			this house. I hate making these
payments. I hate fixing the
		
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			bathroom. I hate my neighbors. I
hate you. There's all this so the
		
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			world sells you this these
		
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			But you know, milestones that
bring happiness. And you will
		
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			notice the people who have them
aren't happy. The only people that
		
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			look happy are the people in the
commercials that sell it to you.
		
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			And they're paid to lie.
		
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			Right? So then we're running after
things that are not even in the
		
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			aka sense, even in the dunya
sense, they don't bring
		
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			fulfillment. They don't they don't
bring fulfillment. So where's real
		
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			fulfillment going to come from?
Once you graduate from the
		
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			university, you have to leave here
with a sense of higher purpose,
		
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			I'm going to make a positive
impact, I need to do something
		
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			that brings about a positive
change, you see a problem in this
		
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			country, in your country, in your
village and your family somewhere,
		
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			you see a problem. And because of
my contribution, I'm going to make
		
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			sure that Allah helps me make a
change to this problem. He helps
		
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			me fix this one issue, I can't
change the world, I can change the
		
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			world of this one square block, I
can change that, I will bring this
		
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			your you're concerned with making
some kind of a meaningful impact.
		
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			When you do that, your career,
your family, all that other stuff,
		
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			it can have drama and not have
drama, it can the sale can happen
		
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			or not happen, ups and downs will
happen. But you live, the thing
		
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			that pours life into you is
something bigger than that. Right?
		
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			The analogy that I'd like to give
you is, we're all on a journey,
		
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			right? And if you go on a road
trip, don't you have to stop
		
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			sometimes for chips and gas and
whatever, right to just have a
		
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			snack and keep going. Right? Now
Allah has given us a journey in
		
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			this life. And the destination is
your ultimate goal. So you have a
		
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			higher goal. But on the way when
you stop, what happens to us is
		
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			when we stop for snacks and gas,
we get so distracted that this
		
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			becomes like, Oh my God, I didn't
even have girls that didn't even
		
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			have the chips I wanted. Now what
do I do? Shut up and keep going.
		
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			There's another guest is it 10
miles down the road?
		
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			Just you have this, like, every
obstacle is a crisis mentality.
		
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			You can't know every obstacle is
not you know what the crisis is?
		
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			The crisis is you forgot that
you're in a much bigger road.
		
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			That's the real crisis, right? So
all of you have to come you really
		
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			have to program yourself with a
higher sense of purpose.
		
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			Engineering students here should
be thinking about how they're
		
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			going to use the skill set that
they've been given to improve, I
		
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			don't know, infrastructure in
villages, or better improve the
		
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			environment in one area or the
other, or improve the marketplace
		
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			or whatever, help help some in
some way. You know, and I, you
		
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			know, I gave this idea at a
university in Pakistan. I'm gonna
		
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			give you guys this idea here, too.
I was traveling through you know,
		
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			and this is true in many Muslim
countries, including
		
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			Alhamdulillah. The roadways here
are pretty amazing. But most of
		
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			the countries still
underdeveloped. We know that
		
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			right? And most of the Muslim
world is still also very much
		
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			underdeveloped. So we have nice
downtown's. But then when you get
		
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			into the cities themselves, and
then leave the cities, they're
		
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			really, really behind. Right? Now
you have university students that
		
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			are engineering, infrastructure,
development, marketing,
		
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			accounting, business, business
administration, you've got people
		
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			that are in the field, Islamic
Studies, you've got all these
		
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			fields, students in medicine,
you've got all these students from
		
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			different disciplines, right? If
you just took one squared, dirty
		
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			old marketplace in a village, and
you said the engineering students
		
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			are going to help modernize this
one blog, they're going to look
		
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			like this is good. By the time
we're done, this is going to look
		
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			like this is in Australia, not in
Malaysia
		
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			or not in Pakistan. And the
marketing students are going to
		
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			brand the * out of this place,
or the Heaven.
		
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			And the video production, students
are going to make a film of the
		
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			development a story of the
transformation of this
		
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			neighborhood. And the interior
designers are going to completely
		
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			remodel the homes of these low
income families will using
		
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			recycled materials, and they're
huge, just these students that
		
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			have these skills. They converged
on one small piece of society. And
		
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			they created a success story,
right. And then the marketing
		
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			people filmed it, broadcasted,
made a big deal out of it, spread
		
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			it, what's gonna happen, the next
neighborhood 100 miles down is
		
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			gonna say, hey, they did that we
could do that. And then somebody
		
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			else's we could do that. And what
are you doing, you're improving
		
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			livelihood, you're increasing.
You're using baraka and risk.
		
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			You're modernizing the society,
you're bringing them up to speed,
		
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			you're doing so and that just
students doing this? There's no
		
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			billion dollar funding. There's no
NGOs. There's no government
		
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			initiatives. It's just students
with a vision. Is it students with
		
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			a will that start to transform
their country? They sold transform
		
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			society. You know, Allah says in
the Quran where you turn a Munna
		
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			Palma and that will be listen to
this folks. If you remember
		
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			nothing from this discussion.
Remember this one? Allah describes
		
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			the people of Jana and may Allah
make all of us people agenda. He
		
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			says they feed food, they feed
food, be based on their love of
		
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			Allah I'd often be one of the
meanings is based on their love of
		
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			Allah. The other meaning of other
hobbies, even though they love the
		
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			food themselves. You know what
that means? They
		
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			feed others, even though they
would rather eat themselves. Yeah,
		
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			you're spending on others, even
though you'd rather spend on
		
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			yourself. Now listen what feeding
food means. Feeding food doesn't
		
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			mean you buy a sandwich from
McDonald's and give it to a poor
		
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			person. That's the basic meaning.
But you know, what if I taught if
		
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			I taught a young man how to
develop apps,
		
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			right? I'm actually not giving him
a sandwich, but I am feeding him
		
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			food aren't I?
		
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			Actually, I'm not just feeding him
food. I'm feeding his parents
		
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			food. I'm feeding his younger
brother food. I'm feeding his
		
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			future wife food by teaching him
how to do code development. You
		
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			understand that? You guys need to
be people of Utah Nevada, Tom
		
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			Idaho Dave Eskin anyway a team and
was you're empowering society,
		
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			empowering them, enabling them.
And that's what your life should
		
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			become about this. These are
countries have more resources will
		
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			some countries have more resources
than you will find in the West,
		
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			all they have is the drive to put
things together. That's all it is.
		
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			We are we've become hyper
individualistic. They first
		
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			thought of developing the
infrastructure, now they're
		
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			individualistic, we haven't
developed ourselves and we're
		
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			already individualistic. We've got
to think about development, we
		
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			really got to think about
development. And that is an
		
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			Islamic message. That's you that's
your dream, you know, Tom, and
		
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			that's what I want you guys to
become like this society should be
		
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			transformed by your creative
ideas. And your your genuine,
		
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			like, you sacrifice your weekends
to transform a village. You
		
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			sacrifice your weekends to
improve, you know, case studies.
		
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			And the thing with the world
Muslims was the one thing we're
		
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			good at, we're very good at
copying. So if you guys develop
		
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			one success story, automatically
1000 copies will happen sadaqa
		
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			jariya for you dunya and akhira.
You know, so that's the open you
		
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			guys take at least this virus from
me and spread it the challah. I
		
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