Omar Suleiman – 24-09-2024

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A woman discusses the execution of a Muslim brother by the name of Marcellus Williams and the history of the criminal justice system. She reminds people of the importance of raising awareness and highlighting the need for justice and peace in the world. She also talks about the acceptance of her brother as a shaheed and the desire for her brother to be a shhole.

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			You know obviously we had our class tonight,
		
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			but I wanted to speak to an incident
		
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			that happened today Which was the execution of
		
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			a Muslim brother by the name of Marcellus
		
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			Williams May Allah have mercy on him.
		
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			Some of you may have followed the news
		
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			of this brother who was on death row
		
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			and Who had all the evidence on his
		
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			side even the prosecution or rather the The
		
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			legal team of the family that have the
		
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			murder victim amongst them Did not want this
		
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			execution to proceed but with the governor's order
		
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			and then with the Supreme Court's failure to
		
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			step in The brother was executed at six
		
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			o'clock Today may Allah have mercy on
		
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			him and accept him as a shaheed.
		
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			I was speaking to one of the imams
		
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			who was in touch with him in his
		
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			last moments And he told me he was
		
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			reciting surah al-baqarah Some of you may
		
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			have seen the last statement that he put
		
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			which was all praise is due to Allah
		
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			in every situation Alhamdulillah ala kulli hal And
		
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			subhanAllah it was a painful 24 hours for
		
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			people that had witnessed that case and followed
		
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			it obviously there's an entire history and There
		
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			is a grieving family that has been in
		
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			the trenches from the very beginning of this
		
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			but I wanted to remind everyone of This
		
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			congregation everyone obviously that's been following this case
		
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			first and foremost There is an absolute indictment
		
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			of the criminal justice system And how criminal
		
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			it actually is when all of the evidence
		
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			points to the innocence of a man and
		
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			it still goes ahead and executes a man
		
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			and we should Continue to raise our voices
		
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			against that and we should speak out against
		
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			that system when it prosecutes any innocent person
		
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			there are many innocent people that have been
		
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			executed and many innocent people that are on
		
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			death row and It's upon us to take
		
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			this case seriously beyond just the individual perhaps
		
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			This is the case that opens up something
		
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			to us and of course one of those
		
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			people that has been on death row Was
		
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			imam jameel al-ameen may Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala free him From captivity and others,
		
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			of course, we just protested for dr.
		
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			Afia this past weekend.
		
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			The second thing is A reminder to you
		
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			and to me Fariheen bima ataahum Allahumman fadli
		
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			istabashiroona biladheena lam yalhaqoo biha min khalfiyan allaa
		
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			khawfun AAalayhim wa laahum yahzanoon But just like
		
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			the shuhada in gaza just like the shuhada
		
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			that we are seeing who leave this world
		
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			in gruesome fashion We take comfort in knowing
		
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			that they are in joy now and that
		
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			they are comfortable now and that Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala is Elevating their rank now
		
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			and that they would not want to come
		
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			back to this world for any of its
		
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			pleasure or comfort After what they are experiencing
		
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			from the pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala and may Allah accept this brother as
		
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			a shaheed.
		
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			I cannot remember SubhanAllah the in in in
		
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			recent memory a person who on death row
		
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			has done so much dawah His letter which
		
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			literally says alhamdulillah as his last statement is
		
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			being spread right and left and the testimony
		
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			of his character and the person that he
		
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			was is right and left and I can't
		
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			help but wonder and hope and biidhnillahi ta
		
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			'ala pray that that's a sign of Allah's
		
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			acceptance of him and that Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala elevate his rank So I just
		
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			wanted to bring his case here for those
		
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			of you that have been following Jazakumullahu khayran
		
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			for trying to raise awareness But biidhnillahi ta
		
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			'ala our brother is in peace now.
		
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			Our brother is resting now biidhnillahi ta'ala
		
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			He is already enjoying what Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala has promised him and what Allah
		
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			azawajal is giving him is far greater than
		
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			what anyone could have given him here and
		
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			I remind all of us to Continue that
		
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			connection to the concept of shahada even with
		
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			our brothers and sisters Especially with our brothers
		
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			and sisters in Gaza and now in Lebanon
		
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			where we see the hundreds and the thousands
		
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			a day of shahada May Allah azawajal accept
		
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			them all as shahada.
		
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			Allahumma ameen So I know that a lot
		
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			of people are feeling the heaviness of the
		
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			situation and we should feel the heaviness of
		
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			the situation But I just wanted us to
		
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			make a du'a for our brother.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala accept him
		
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			as a shaheed May Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala forgive him for all of his shortcomings
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala ease the
		
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			pain and suffering of his family May Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala grant him a paradise
		
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			that is as expansive as the heavens and
		
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			the earth.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Widen his
		
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			grave.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala fill his
		
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			grave with light May Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala grant the reward of patience to his
		
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			family and magnify the reward May Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala free all of those who
		
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			are innocently behind bars who are innocently being
		
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			prosecuted May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make
		
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			us firm for justice and may Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala Grant victory and ease to
		
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			our brothers and sisters in Gaza and Lebanon
		
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			and around the world Allahumma ameen, wa sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam, wa barakah nabiyyina Muhammad wa
		
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			ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'in Jazakum Allah
		
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			khair