Nouman Ali Khan – The Deeper Purpose of a Masjid – Nur ul Islam London

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The history and culture of Islam is discussed, including finding a place to pray in large buildings and finding a place to pray in a church or praying in a praying room. The importance of praying in a busy time is emphasized, along with the use of praying in various situations, including during war or commuting to work. The speakers stress the importance of humility, finding connections and generating wealth in community, and maintaining an "imran" for a long period of time in order to achieve goals of restoring people's lives. The concept of "imran" is also discussed, and its purpose is to restore people's lives and generate wealth in community. continuous improvement and guidance are essential to achieve the goals of the " mastery of the secret."

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			Alhamdulilahi Rabbil Alameen.
		
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			As-salatu was-salamu ala sayyidil anbiya wal
		
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			mursaleen wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'een.
		
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			Amma ba'd fa a'udhu billahi minash shaytanir
		
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			rajim innama ya'muru masajidallahi man aamana billahi wal
		
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			yawmil aakhiri wa aqama as-salata wa aata
		
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			az-zaka wa lam yakhsha illa Allah fa
		
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			asaa ulaika an yakunu minal muhtadeen.
		
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			Allahumma ja'alna minal muhtadeen.
		
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			Rabbish shahli sadri wa yassilli amri wa ahlul
		
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			uqtatan min lisani yafqahu qawli.
		
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			Ameen, Ya Rabbil Alameen.
		
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			Alhamdulilah, it is good to be here and
		
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			have the opportunity to speak with you in
		
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			the United Kingdom.
		
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			Last night I was speaking at an event
		
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			and I was speaking about an ayah from
		
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			Surah At-Tawbah and there are some outstanding
		
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			things, reflections that I wanted to share with
		
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			you that inshallah are of benefit to all
		
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			of us.
		
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			Every Muslim, doesn't matter where in the world
		
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			they live, they have a relationship with the
		
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			masjid and it is a part of our
		
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			identity.
		
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			The masjid is a part of our identity
		
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			and the development of the masjid and the
		
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			building of the masjid is something that has
		
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			been a part of Muslim society and Muslim
		
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			community life.
		
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			How do you know there's a Muslim community
		
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			somewhere?
		
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			There's a masjid there.
		
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			How do you know the Muslims have a
		
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			presence somewhere?
		
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			There's a masjid there, right?
		
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			And so that's been a fundamental, one of
		
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			the most revolutionary and beautiful features of our
		
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			religion and even though we have places in
		
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			the world where we have very grand masjid,
		
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			huge buildings and you could see the minarets
		
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			and the domes from a long distance, or
		
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			if you go to places like Turkey or
		
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			Malaysia, where they build very grand kinds of
		
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			structures and buildings, the original generations, the early
		
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			Muslims, they were not building huge structures.
		
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			In fact, when Muslims moved to other civilizations,
		
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			like when we took over Roman territory and
		
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			we took Persian territory, etc., we saw that
		
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			other religions, like the Christians had huge churches,
		
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			right?
		
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			And of course, we needed a place where
		
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			Muslims can gather for Jumu'ah particularly.
		
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			But Jumu'ah was the largest gathering of
		
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			Muslims, but outside of that, the masjid was
		
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			actually supposed to become a natural part of
		
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			our life.
		
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			And so let's first understand what that was.
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal gave us these five
		
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			prayers that we have to establish.
		
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			And in order to establish them, Allah Himself
		
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			says, وَآخَرُونَ يَضْرِبُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَبْطَغُونَ مِن فَضْلِ
		
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			اللَّهِ There are people that are traveling, pursuing
		
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			Allah's favor.
		
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			There are people that are traveling.
		
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			Meaning they're not in one place.
		
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			They keep moving from one place to another.
		
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			And even to them He says, وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةُ
		
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			وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةُ Establish the salah, give zakah.
		
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			So now Allah knows that you're not always
		
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			going to be nearby a standard large masjid.
		
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			You're gonna be traveling, you're gonna be at
		
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			an airport, you're gonna be at a hospital,
		
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			you're gonna be at a clinic, you're gonna
		
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			be at your business and all these other
		
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			places.
		
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			So what did the Muslims do early on?
		
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			And what was the spirit of our religion?
		
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			It was that actually any place you are,
		
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			your place of business, should at least have
		
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			some consideration where you can pray, where you
		
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			can have a prayer.
		
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			So for example the Malaysians have a really
		
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			good understanding of this and it's actually very
		
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			much in line with the spirit of our
		
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			religion.
		
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			If somebody's working at an office and the
		
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			masjid is 15 minutes away, 15 minute walk
		
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			away, right?
		
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			If they leave for 15 minutes and go
		
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			pray for 15 minutes and then come back
		
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			15 minutes, they're gone for 45 minutes for
		
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			dhuhr prayer, right?
		
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			So they didn't even take lunch, they just
		
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			went and prayed dhuhr.
		
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			And then an hour later, asr was gonna
		
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			come in.
		
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			And they're gonna go for 15 minutes, pray
		
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			asr for 15 minutes, come back 15 minutes,
		
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			now they're gone, they're gonna be out of
		
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			a job in 3 days.
		
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			Right, that's the reality of it, right?
		
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			And there are people that are commuting to
		
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			work, they're commuting to work and because they're
		
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			commuting to work, it may be possible for
		
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			them to pray fajr in the masjid and
		
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			be able to get to their workplace.
		
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			And it may not be, maybe by the
		
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			time they make it to the masjid and
		
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			get out, the bus is gone, they're not
		
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			gonna get to their job, they're out of
		
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			a job again, right?
		
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			So our religion, and some people feel like,
		
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			oh my, I feel so guilty, I'm not
		
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			able to go to the masjid because I
		
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			wasn't able to make it to the jama
		
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			'a in the masjid.
		
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			What was the solution to that?
		
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			Actually Allah did not ordain that huge structures
		
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			will be built where you have to go
		
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			5 times.
		
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			In fact, like I was referring to the
		
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			Malaysians, what they've done is, they had this
		
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			ordinance where in basically every big building, there
		
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			has to be one apartment or one space
		
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			designated as a surau, a place to pray,
		
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			the Malays call it, right?
		
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			So it's 3 o'clock, everybody knows in
		
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			the building, they just come down to that
		
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			place, they make salah and they go, and
		
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			somebody came later, they have a place to
		
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			pray.
		
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			Just like, you know, I think in London
		
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			airport, they also have a prayer area, right?
		
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			And this was supposed to be everywhere.
		
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			So if a Muslim is building a restaurant,
		
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			a halal restaurant, obviously there are gonna be
		
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			some customers that are gonna come in maybe
		
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			an hour before maghrib, and then it's gonna
		
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			be maghrib time.
		
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			And if you're building your business and you
		
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			just have a place where people can pray
		
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			comfortably, a little musalla on the side, this
		
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			is also the masjid of Allah.
		
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			The masjid is not only the grand structures,
		
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			the masjids are also these small places where
		
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			you've made it convenient for you to be
		
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			able to pray, right?
		
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			And they're also considered important parts of establishing
		
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			the salah.
		
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			So the first thing I want to make
		
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			clear is that there isn't supposed to be
		
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			some kind of a major guilt for you
		
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			that you didn't make it to the grand
		
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			masjid for every single prayer, and therefore you're
		
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			less of a Muslim.
		
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			That's not the case.
		
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			Allah Himself has acknowledged that salah happens in
		
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			different situations.
		
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			In fact, even in states of war, Allah
		
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			says, فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالًا أَوْ رُكُبَانًا If you're
		
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			in a state of fear, you can even
		
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			pray while you're walking, Allah says, أَوْ رُكُبَانًا
		
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			or you're riding on an animal, and you're
		
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			scared that if you come down from the
		
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			horse, or the animal, you're gonna get shot,
		
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			or stabbed, or an arrow is gonna be...
		
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			You can make salah while you're still riding
		
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			on the animal.
		
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			وَرُكُبَانًا And the amazing thing about that ayah
		
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			is, the animal is riding between the mountains.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Or it's riding towards a destination.
		
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			The road between the mountains is not facing
		
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			the qibla.
		
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			It's facing whatever direction you're going in.
		
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			Maybe the qibla is towards the enemy.
		
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			The people that are trying to rob you,
		
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			and you're getting away from them.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So now you're facing away, and Allah is
		
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			still accepting that salah.
		
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			Because Allah acknowledges in the Quran, human beings
		
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			can be in different situations.
		
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			But no matter what situation they're in, they
		
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			still need to establish salah.
		
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			They still need to connect with Allah.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So that's one thing that I wanted to
		
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			share as a reminder.
		
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			Because sometimes in our communities, we develop guilt
		
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			over something that Allah doesn't need us to
		
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			feel.
		
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			Allah doesn't want us to feel guilty about
		
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			something, and you're carrying that guilt for no
		
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			reason.
		
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			And you start thinking about yourself, I'm a
		
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			lesser Muslim.
		
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			Now, the other thing I wanted to bring
		
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			to your attention, is why are masjids built
		
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			anyway?
		
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			What's the purpose?
		
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			The obvious purpose is so we have a
		
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			place to pray together.
		
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			Like this beautiful Jumu'ah gathering.
		
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			But there's a deeper purpose.
		
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			And that purpose was described by Allah Himself
		
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			in surah al-Tawbah.
		
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			There's only one ayah in the Quran that
		
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			describes the purpose for which masjids are built.
		
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			Only one ayah.
		
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			And it was given in surah al-Tawbah,
		
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			which is one of the last surahs to
		
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			be revealed in the entire Quran.
		
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			So 23 years of revelation, Allah didn't talk
		
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			about building masjid.
		
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			And He talks about it at the very
		
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			end.
		
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			Very, very end.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because there's several reasons.
		
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			One of them is, the Ka'bah is
		
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			the first masjid.
		
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			And the Ka'bah had to be purified
		
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			first.
		
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			So now that the Ka'bah has been
		
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			purified, the idols have been destroyed, the original
		
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			masjid is now restored.
		
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			The house built by Ibrahim a.s. is
		
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			the first masjid.
		
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			إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِى بِبَكَّ has
		
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			now been restored.
		
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			Now that that's been restored, now it's time
		
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			to talk about all the other satellite masjids.
		
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			And how they should be built and what
		
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			should be done with them.
		
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			And the word Allah used for building is
		
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			what I wanted to highlight again, just so
		
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			you appreciate something deep about it.
		
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			And that is Allah used the word, يَعْمُرُوا۟
		
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			إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُوا۟ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ That's how the ayah
		
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			begins.
		
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			The ones who build, we translate that as
		
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			they build the masajid, the plural of masjid,
		
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			the masajid that are owned by Allah.
		
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			مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ In fact, before I talk about
		
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			يَعْمُرُوا۟ briefly I'll talk to you about the
		
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			word يَعْمُرُوا۟ about the word مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ You
		
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			see, when I say this is my house,
		
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			that means I decide the furniture.
		
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			That means I have the locks and keys.
		
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			I decide who comes in, I decide who
		
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			goes out.
		
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			And you can say things like, I don't
		
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			tolerate this in my house.
		
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			Or we don't bring that in my house.
		
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			Or we don't have these things in my
		
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			house.
		
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			Etc, etc.
		
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			I don't want a dog in my house.
		
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			I don't want this loud music in my
		
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			house.
		
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			I don't want that in my house.
		
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			You have the authority in that house.
		
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			Right?
		
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			When you say it's the house of Allah,
		
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			or the masjid that belongs to Allah, اَنَّ
		
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			الْمَسَاجِدَ لِلَّهِ And here the اضافة, مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ
		
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			What does that mean?
		
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			It's not just that it's Allah's house.
		
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			That the only thing that is acceptable here
		
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			is what is acceptable to Allah.
		
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			And nothing that is not acceptable to Allah
		
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			can be used, can be done inside of
		
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			Allah's house.
		
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			My preferences no longer matter.
		
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			My pride no longer matters.
		
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			The only thing that matters is this is
		
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			a place where sajdah is done only to
		
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			Allah.
		
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			The word masjid is a dhul from the
		
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			word sajdah.
		
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			And sajdah means to put your face on
		
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			the ground.
		
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			Sajdah means to humble yourself.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So Allah is saying, this is a place
		
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			where humility can only be shown to Allah.
		
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			You know, at home, you're the head of
		
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			the house, there should be some humility shown
		
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			to you.
		
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			At the office, you're the manager, there should
		
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			be some humility shown to you.
		
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			In the classroom, you're the teacher, there should
		
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			be some humility shown to you.
		
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			It's necessary.
		
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			In the military, you're the captain, your squadron
		
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			needs to show some humility to you.
		
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			If you're the general, your army needs to
		
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			show some humility to you.
		
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			It's necessary.
		
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			That's how sam'a wa ta'a, listening
		
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			and obeying, that's how it works.
		
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			That's a necessary part of life.
		
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			But when you come here, the only humility
		
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			left is the humility to Allah.
		
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			And this is an amazing way of Allah
		
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			teaching us that actually people forget.
		
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			In previous religions, people forgot that when you
		
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			come in here, it's not about anybody's personality,
		
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			it's not about anybody's qualifications, it's not about
		
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			anybody else's rank, nobody's better than anybody else.
		
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			All of us are equally humble before Allah
		
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			Azawajal.
		
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			That's the only thing that's gonna run here.
		
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			Because in the church system, when the Pope
		
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			walked in, everybody, oh, he's here.
		
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			Can I touch his feet?
		
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			Can I touch his cloth?
		
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			Can I bless myself?
		
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			Because you have to be humble to the
		
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			Pope.
		
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			When the priest walked in, when the pundit
		
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			walked in, when the monk walked in, then
		
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			you have to have humility to those people.
		
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			But when a musalli walks in, and he
		
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			makes salah, that musalli may lead the prayer,
		
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			may not lead the prayer.
		
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			That musalli may give the khutbah, may not
		
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			give the khutbah.
		
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			But you don't have that kind of, oh
		
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			my goodness, you know, there's no Popification of
		
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			personalities.
		
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			And inside this, the training we're being given
		
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			is what this religion starts with.
		
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			All of us are children of Adam, equal
		
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			before Allah.
		
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			And this is why we have rose in
		
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			our system.
		
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			We have rose.
		
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			And there is no rose for first class,
		
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			business class, that economy class, and then deluxe
		
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			economy, and you know, then the rest of
		
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			you.
		
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			It's not based on rose.
		
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			It's not based on your economic status.
		
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			There's a reason we take our shoes off.
		
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			Right?
		
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			We take our status off when we leave
		
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			the door.
		
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			So you can tell somebody's role in life
		
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			by the shoes they wear, how dirty they
		
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			are, how shiny they are, how expensive they
		
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			are, right?
		
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			They're gone.
		
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			And the next thing you know is how
		
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			high their head is.
		
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			And the head all goes on the ground
		
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			when you come in here.
		
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			All of it the same.
		
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			So He put all of us on the
		
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			same level.
		
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			This is part of the beauty of our
		
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			religion.
		
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			And the reason Allah did that is because
		
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			Allah was teaching us what goes inside here
		
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			will teach you how to live life outside.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So when you go outside, you don't start
		
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			thinking of yourself as superior to other human
		
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			beings.
		
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			You are in sajdah before Allah like others
		
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			are in sajdah before Allah.
		
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			That's one side of it.
		
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			The other side of it that I wanted
		
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			to highlight, again, on the word ya'muru.
		
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			I know many of you have to get
		
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			back to work.
		
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			And I got here late and I apologize
		
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			for that.
		
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			So I'll do this in a couple of
		
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			quick minutes inshallah.
		
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			The word ya'muru, which I translated as build,
		
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			actually has a lot more to it.
		
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			It's a deeper word.
		
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			The word imara naqidul kharab.
		
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			In Arabic they say imara is when you
		
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			keep something from going bad.
		
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			So if you're preserving a building, like a
		
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			building has a crack, and you fix the
		
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			crack, you did imara.
		
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			If a window broke and you replace the
		
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			window, you did imara.
		
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			If the side of the wall was getting
		
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			rust, or it was getting moisture, and you
		
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			remove the moisture, you fixed it up again,
		
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			you reinforced it, that's called imara.
		
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			Fixing it and maintaining it, making sure it
		
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			doesn't fall apart.
		
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			You have historical buildings in London, and many
		
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			times you'll see that they're trying to restore
		
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			the building again, so they'll put scaffolding, and
		
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			restore it, and bring it back.
		
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			And because it's old, it's gonna fall apart
		
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			again in a few years.
		
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			They're gonna do it again, they're gonna do
		
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			it again.
		
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			That's actually called imara.
		
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			Maintenance, maintenance.
		
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			Allah didn't just talk about building a masjid,
		
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			He talked about maintaining a masjid.
		
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			The word imara also, ismun li muddati imaratil
		
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			badan bil hayat.
		
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			The reason the life of a person is
		
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			called the umar of their life.
		
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			Urdu speakers, nusari umar kam kiya, right?
		
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			Umar, it's an Arabic word.
		
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			The reason it's called umar, is because so
		
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			long as you're alive, your body is not
		
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			falling apart.
		
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			But the moment you die, your body starts
		
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			decomposing.
		
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			So, so long as your body is being
		
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			maintained and rejuvenated, dead cells are being replaced
		
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			with new living cells, right?
		
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			Your blood is being replaced, your bowels are
		
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			being replaced, the organs are still functioning, and
		
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			constantly reconstruction of your body is going on,
		
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			that's why it's called umar.
		
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			That's actually why it's called umar.
		
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			We go for umra, and when we go
		
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			for umra, the idea behind umra is actually
		
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			for the restoration of our hearts in their
		
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			love of Allah.
		
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			That's actually why it's called umra.
		
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			Because the heart is deteriorating, and you go
		
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			for umra, you see Allah's house, and the
		
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			life comes back into the heart, and that's
		
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			why it's actually called i'timar and umra.
		
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			The muscles between, the gums between your teeth
		
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			are called amr in Arabic.
		
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			The gums between your teeth, why?
		
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			Because they keep your teeth in place, they
		
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			maintain your teeth.
		
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			That's why they're called amr.
		
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			SubhanAllah.
		
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			This is the word Allah used for the
		
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			masajid.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Allah is saying it's not enough to build
		
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			a building.
		
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			Allah is saying it has to be maintained.
		
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			It has to be maintained.
		
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			And Allah is not talking about maintaining the
		
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			windows, and the doors, and the carpet, and
		
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			the lights, and the wudu area, and the
		
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			shoe area.
		
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			That's not what He's talking about.
		
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			He's talking about the purpose of the masjid
		
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			has to be maintained.
		
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			Because the buildings they built back then, even
		
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			al-masjid al-nabawi for example, the buildings
		
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			that were built were basically sticks, wooden planks,
		
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			some leaves on top, one wind comes, it's
		
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			gone.
		
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			But the masjid al-nabawi is not known
		
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			for its architecture.
		
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			Now it's known for its architecture.
		
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			You see a beautiful dome, and marble floor,
		
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			and air conditioning, and all this.
		
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			None of this stuff was there.
		
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			It was dirt.
		
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			What was so amazing about this ya'muru masajid
		
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			Allah, it was unlike the churches that are
		
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			so huge back in the day.
		
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			Right, cathedrals that are still around today.
		
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			This was the time of those cathedrals.
		
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			And Allah is talking about a mud space,
		
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			where people come and join.
		
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			And Allah describes that as a model for
		
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			the imara of a masjid.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because He's not talking about construction and maintenance.
		
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			He's talking about the purpose being maintained.
		
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			The purpose of the masjid.
		
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			And in that ayah, again I don't want
		
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			to talk to you for too long, but
		
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			I'll highlight one thing that gets ignored.
		
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			Just one thing.
		
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			On the one hand Allah says, وَأَقَامُوا صَلَاةً
		
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			The people who build this, are people who
		
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			believe in Allah.
		
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			The last day they establish the prayer.
		
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			Obviously the masjid is built to establish the
		
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			prayer.
		
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			But not only the prayer.
		
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			Allah says, وَآتَوا زَكَاتً They give zakat.
		
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			So let's focus on zakat for a minute.
		
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			Because salah is obvious.
		
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			Salah is obvious.
		
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			Let's focus on zakat.
		
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			Why is Allah mentioning zakat related to the
		
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			masjid?
		
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			Because who gives zakat, the only people who
		
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			give zakat, are people who are able to
		
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			give zakat.
		
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			If you don't make enough money, you can't
		
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			be giving zakat, you'll be receiving zakat.
		
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			Zakat is given by those who make enough
		
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			money.
		
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			The purpose of the masjid was to bring
		
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			worshippers together.
		
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			And when worshippers come together, they're supposed to
		
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			connect to each other.
		
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			And then marriages happen among them.
		
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			Business deals happen among them.
		
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			You hire a young man to work at
		
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			your mechanic shop, because you met him at
		
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			the masjid.
		
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			He fears Allah, you fear Allah.
		
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			You're gonna find honest people to work with,
		
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			to make partnerships with, to do marriages with.
		
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			All of these things are gonna happen in
		
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			the masajid.
		
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			And then you're gonna find out in that
		
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			community there are some people who need help.
		
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			And how are you gonna find that out?
		
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			Because you're connected to each other in a
		
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			deep way.
		
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			In other words, when Allah says, وَآتَوْا زَكَاةً
		
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			Allah gave us an entire lesson on how
		
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			are you supposed to meet people inside a
		
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			masjid.
		
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			You're not supposed to come, say your salam,
		
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			and then get in line for how to
		
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			get to your shoes the fastest.
		
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			The race to the shoes.
		
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			Right?
		
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			That's not the purpose of the masjid.
		
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			The purpose of the masjid, you came here,
		
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			Allah brought people here for Him.
		
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			So Allah brought people here to worship Him.
		
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			And these are the best people in the
		
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			sight of Allah for you to be connected
		
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			to.
		
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			The person sitting next to you is not
		
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			an accident.
		
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			It's not an accident.
		
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			There's a reason a person is sitting next
		
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			to you.
		
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			So after, and Allah designed this religion in
		
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			a way when the salah ends, what do
		
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			you do?
		
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			You say salam on both sides.
		
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			Yeah?
		
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			And we say salam to the angels, but
		
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			who also hears our salam?
		
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			The person next to us.
		
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			Allah has designed the salah in a way
		
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			that you connect to the person next to
		
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			you.
		
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			On your right and on your left.
		
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			And you learn something about them.
		
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			And when you learn something about them, you
		
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			generate barakah in the community.
		
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			You generate connections in the community.
		
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			You generate wealth in the community.
		
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			You generate family aspirations in the community.
		
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			There are many people here who have daughters.
		
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			They can't find someone to marry their daughter.
		
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			And we don't know anyone.
		
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			We don't know anyone.
		
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			What nonsense?
		
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			What do you mean you don't know anyone?
		
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			You don't come to Jum'ah every Friday?
		
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			A thousand people are here.
		
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			How do you know you don't know anyone?
		
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			What are you talking about?
		
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			You don't talk to anyone.
		
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			That's a different problem.
		
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			You don't make friends with anyone.
		
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			That's a different problem.
		
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			You don't say salam to anyone and ask
		
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			anything, salamu alaykum.
		
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			Can you get out of my way?
		
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			My shoes are very important.
		
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			You took your shoes off for a reason.
		
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			Forget about your shoes.
		
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			Worry about people.
		
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			Worry about people.
		
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			And when you start doing that, then you'll
		
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			actually find that we're gonna be able to
		
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			live up to itha'u zikr.
		
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			We're going to become the people that are
		
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			generating the wealth that gives the zikr.
		
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			And we're gonna find the genuine people that
		
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			deserve the zikr.
		
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			These were part of the foundational purposes of
		
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			the masajid of Allah.
		
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			And Allah mentioned in one single ayah, I'm
		
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			only highlighting one small part of that ayah.
		
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			But that ayah is the entire constitution of
		
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			masajid.
		
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			Like what is the purpose of the masjid?
		
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			Why is it built?
		
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			How should it be maintained?
		
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			What should come out of that masjid?
		
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			What should be the objectives of that masjid?
		
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			And so I'll conclude with, وَعَسَاءُ لَئِكَ أَن
		
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			يَكُونُ مِنَ الْمُخْتَدِينِ Allah just said something so
		
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			amazing.
		
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			You know the king, in the Christian world,
		
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			the king used to build the church.
		
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			And that every Friday, God bless the king,
		
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			he gave us this church.
		
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			And the Pope is already forgiven.
		
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			The king is the shadow of God on
		
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			earth, et cetera, et cetera.
		
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			Allah describes for the Muslims, when you even
		
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			build the masajid, even if you build the
		
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			biggest masjid on the planet, even if you
		
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			build that, that doesn't mean you have guidance.
		
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			Even if you build the masjid, if you
		
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			give the biggest check to build the masjid,
		
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			Allah says, وَعَسَاءُ لَئِكَ أَن يَكُونُ مِنَ الْمُخْتَدِينِ
		
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			Hopefully, those people will be among those that
		
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			have guidance.
		
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			Allah didn't say, those people have guidance.
		
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			He said, وَعَسَاءُ لَئِكَ أَن يَكُونُ مِنَ الْمُخْتَدِينِ
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because people look at their past good deeds,
		
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			and say, I have done so much, I
		
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			must be a good person.
		
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			You know why people say that?
		
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			Because people say that to them.
		
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			MashaAllah, you built the masjid.
		
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			MashaAllah, you gave the donation.
		
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			MashaAllah, without you we would be nowhere.
		
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			Allah will reward you so much.
		
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			Oh my God, oh my God.
		
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			And you hear that all the time, and
		
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			you say, yes, you're right.
		
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			MashaAllah, indeed.
		
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			I am quite impressive.
		
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			It's true.
		
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			Alhamdulillah.
		
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			You know.
		
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			Thank you for realizing.
		
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			Allah says, no.
		
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			You don't get that certificate of having guidance
		
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			just because you did an enormous good deed.
		
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			That's not enough.
		
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			You have to keep pursuing guidance.
		
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			Because the masjid is never done being built.
		
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			The construction is never done.
		
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			According to the word, يَعْمُرُوا۟ ذَا مُضَارِعَ فُورًۭ
		
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			You have to keep maintaining the purpose of
		
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			the masjid.
		
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			So we think, oh, mashaAllah, the doors are
		
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			done, the windows are done, the ceiling is
		
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			finished, the lights are finished, the chandelier even
		
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			came in, the microphone system is done, masjid
		
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			complete.
		
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			Allah says, no.
		
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			Masjid must always be continuously reconstructed, because the
		
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			purpose needs to be reconstructed all the time.
		
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			All the time.
		
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			May Allah Azza wa Jal allow us to
		
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			be the people who pour life into the
		
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			masjid, and to actually allow us to make
		
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			the masjid in the spirit of revelation that
		
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			Allah has given us, and the guidance Allah
		
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			has given us on how the masjid should
		
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			be.
		
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			I apologize for taking more than my time.
		
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			بارك الله لي ولكم في القرآن الحكيم ونفعني
		
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			وإياكم بالآيات والذكر الحكيم