Taraweeh Khatira – How Allah Speaks About Al-Aqsa

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The "monster" in the Quran is central to every story, and the holy land is the only 2 most important mas retaids in the century. The "monster" is used to express fear and desire for destruction, and the "monster" is the only 2 most important mas retaids. The use of "has been" in various titles, including the first mention of the name of the prophet in multiple times, and the punishment of oppressed Muslims is discussed. The segment concludes with a call for unity and a promise of war if the situation worsens.

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How many times does Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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mention Masjid Al Aqsa in the Quran?

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It's a question.

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2, 3 What are the ayaat?

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Surat Al Asra and what else then?

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Al Baqarah?

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Okay. How many times does Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala mention masal Aqsa by name?

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Once.

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How many times does Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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mention the masjid of the prophet salallahu alaihi

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wa sallam, masal Nabawi by name?

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It's not mentioned in the Quran.

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Alright.

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How many times does Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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mention any masjid other than

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Haram by name in the Quran?

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Okay.

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The point that I'm getting to, dear brothers

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and sisters, before I even get started,

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is that can we make an equivalence between

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the amount of time something is mentioned by

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name in the Quran and its importance?

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No, we can't. Because the masjid of the

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prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam for example,

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is not mentioned by name in the Quran

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even though we know that salah in the

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masjid of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam is

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only rivaled

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by salahin and masjid Haram.

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We also know that even though Masjid Quba

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itself

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is not mentioned in the Quran, Masjid Quba,

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it's Masjid al Usi Sa Al Taqwa, a

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masjid that was established on piety.

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Right? But its importance

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is certainly

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of the greatest importance

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after the 3 masajid that we speak about.

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Al Masjid Haram, the masjid of the prophet

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and Al Masjid Al

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Aqsa. Now with that being said, when you

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talk about

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and the amount of times that it is

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actually central to the story. Last year, we

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spoke about

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this idea of the holy land.

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That which Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,

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Allah has blessed what is around it. Allah

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has put blessing within it. And it is

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the land of Palestine, the land of Palestine,

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the land of Jerusalem, and that which surrounds

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it. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala liberate it

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all. Allahumma amin.

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But tonight, I wanted to just focus a

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little bit on

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and something that's very interesting about this. You're

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in a part of the Quran where is

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central

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to almost every story that you are coming

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across.

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In fact, the dua of Zakaria alayhis salaam,

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which begins Surat Mariam,

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is made in the corner of Al Masjid

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Al Aqsa after he comes to check up

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on Mariam al Aqsa in Masjid Al Aqsa.

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And then when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala mentions

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Mariam alayhis salam,

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That she came to her people holding her

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son, Isa alaihis salam, Jesus the son of

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Mary.

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Where did she come and approach them? It

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was in the courtyard of Al Masjid Al

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Aqsa

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that Isa alaihis salam first spoke his words.

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And so it is actually in Mas'il Aqsa

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that that takes place. And so Mas'il Aqsa

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is central to many of the stories that

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you are coming across in this part of

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the Quran.

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And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala specifies it by

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name

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in Surat Al Isra.

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When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions

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All glory be to the one who took

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his servant on this journey.

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Allah specified from

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to Masjid Al Aqsa. Some of the ilama

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said that the wisdom of those 2 masajid

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being the only praiseworthy masajid. Because Durar does

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not count as an actual masajid.

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The only 2 masajid being used as an

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example here is because these are the only

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2 qiblas

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that the Muslims have had, that the believers

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have had, that we've ever faced in our

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direction of prayer. Some of the scholars also

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mentioned that the first masjid as the prophet

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sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, authentically in the hadith

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of Abu Ghra radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu that was

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built was in Masjid Al Haram. And then

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after that, al Masjid Al Aqsa. And so

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the first 2 masajid

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that were built in the history of the

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world, and of course the first 2 masajid,

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the only 2 masajid

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that represent the direction of prayer

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for the Muslims. But here's something I wanna

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bring back to you inshallah time. Something that

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I was reflecting

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of the mentions of Masjid Al Aqsa

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and of the times that it comes up.

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The very first mention that the Mufassirun

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mention

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of Al Aqsa indirectly because Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala does not name

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Al Aqsa. Just as Allah does not name

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the masjid of the prophet

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in multiple places. In fact, not once in

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the Quran. Allah does not name Al Aqsa

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throughout the Quran except for once, but it

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is implied. The first time it is actually

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implied

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is the very first time that the concept

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of a masjid even comes up in the

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Quran.

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When Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says in Surat

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Al Baqarah,

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and who is a greater oppressor

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than the one who forbids

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the name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to

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be mentioned in his masajid,

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and who

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exerts themselves

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in trying to destroy it.

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Who exerts themselves in trying to destroy

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that masjid.

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That for those people, for such people, it

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is not fitting except that they would enter

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such a place in fear.

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Allah says, in this dunya, in this world,

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they will be humiliated

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and in the hereafter there will be great

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punishment for them. The Mufasirun,

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they differed over this ayah and what's implied.

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Most of them said that this is in

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fact referring to Al Masjid Al Aqsa and

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its destruction.

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First and foremost at the hands of the

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Babylonians.

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And that this is the first

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mention of masajid in the Quran.

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Some of them said, this is the people

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of Mecca Quraish forbidding the prophet sallallahu alaihi

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wasallam from praying within the Haram.

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Those from the first group, they respond and

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they say,

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But the Quraish of Mecca, even though they

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prevented the prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam from praying

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in the Haram, there is no evidence of

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their continuous attempts to try to destroy the

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Kaaba. In fact, they honored it in their

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own jahili ways.

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Right? In their ways of ignorance.

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And so it fits The description fits most

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that both simultaneously

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you will have the prevention of the name

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned, and the

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continuous

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effort

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to destroy it.

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Some of the scholars say that it is

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Masajid. It refers to both Al Aqsa

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and the haram, and it refers to Masajid

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as a whole.

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Even if the primary meaning

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that's intended

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is Al Masjid Al Aqsa. Now when Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions that such people

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will have humiliation in this life, that's a

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bushrah for the believers because

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is bushrah lana. Humiliation

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for them is a glad tidings for the

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oppressed.

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Right?

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And so there is a worldly component to

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this as well that their punishment will not

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just be delayed to the hereafter,

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but rather it will transpire in this life

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as well, and they will have the punishment

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in the hereafter

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as well. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala punish

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the oppressors of Al Aqsa. And may Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala give victory to the oppressed

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in Gaza and around Jerusalem all over. Allahu

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ameen.

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Now dear brothers and sisters, here's what I

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wanna bring home to you.

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Because I I hear this sometimes, and we're

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we're at that point now. It's that, 6

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month juncture,

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you know, where

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someone

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says, you know what?

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There are a lot of other oppressed Muslims

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too.

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There are a lot of other places too.

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Why are you singling out?

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Al Aqsa, why are you singling out Palestine?

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You know, it's not like there weren't hungry

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people before. It's not like there isn't all

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over the world.

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And so you start to see Muslims cozying

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up to Zionist politicians again.

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You start to see the,

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you know, pushing things under the brushing things

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under the rug. You know, let's stop talking

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about Al Aqsaan Palestine. We're not talking about

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the other stuff and that stuff is just

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as important.

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You start to hear the sentiment. And I've

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heard the sentiment myself. And so I'm not

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exaggerating things. And I I know that some

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of you have heard this as well and

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I hope that none of you have spoken

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it. Why keep talking about Al Aqsa?

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Why keep talking about Palestine?

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Allah says,

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Who is a worst oppressor

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than the one

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who stops the name of Allah Subhanahu wa

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ta'ala from being mentioned in that place.

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Also implies, by the way, an extended

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period of trying to destroy it.

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And when we keep on saying that this

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didn't start in October,

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I remember

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in June,

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you know, because

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we know how balanced the western media is.

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I started getting phone calls from the media

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in June when they started having the settler

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march where they go and they take their

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Israeli flags, and they march through the masjid,

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and they chant, and they say that Muhammad

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salallahu alaihi wasallam is dead, and they humiliate

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or they they oppress, you know, spit on

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the Palestinians all around. They desecrate the masjid

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once a year, and oh, this is gonna

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be a provocation. This might start a war.

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And of course, the most that you'll get

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from the liberals is, you know, don't do

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that. That's not nice. And it could provoke

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a war and it's This is not bringing

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us closer to peace. Masha'Allah. This is not

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bringing us closer to peace. So I started,

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you know, do you have any comment? What

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if the Palestinians

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respond?

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I say, you're and and I remember saying,

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you're asking the wrong question.

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You should be asking, why are they allowed

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to do this? Not, what if the Palestinians

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responds? And are you afraid that that this

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could lead to something terrible? It already is

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terrible.

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You see how backwards this all is? And

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the way that this propaganda has brainwashed

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even seemingly sensible people?

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Why is this okay in the first place?

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And to us,

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Allah is saying there is no greater oppression.

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There is no greater transgression

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than the ones who would forbid the name

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of

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from being mentioned in his home.

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And those that would continue,

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How many attempts?

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How

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long? How many ways politically, culturally, socially have

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they tried to remove Al Aqsa from the

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Muslims? How much digging underneath? How much planning

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all around?

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How much of letting the settlers go loose?

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How much do they push the boundaries every

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single year and how they treat the worshipers

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in Al Aqsa? How much is being stolen

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from around Al Aqsa?

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They are constantly

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trying to destroy it.

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And so let this be a wake up

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call for us.

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When we're now 6 months in and you

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start hearing those sentiments of, you know,

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it is what it is, but there are

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a lot of other things as well.

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But there's nothing like this.

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Yes. There are a lot of other things

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as well. There is nothing like this.

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Not because I say so, the Quran says

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so.

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There is no greater oppression than to see

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the combination

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of desecration

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of the holiest site.

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One of the holiest sites in Islam.

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And murder, and starvation,

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and humiliation,

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all of that combined, all in one place.

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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala never allow us

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to be okay with that. And so we

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know all of the warnings in our religion

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of being okay with

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and being

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being silent in the face of

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And so dear brothers and sisters,

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remember that as that starts to spread now,

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that this is the greatest dulm that is

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present right now in front of us. And

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we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to grant

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us the sincerity, the steadfastness, the courage, the

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strategies, the unity to confront it. And we

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ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to grant our

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brothers and sisters that are being oppressed in

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Palestine and all over. We ask Allah to

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grant them all victory, and we ask Allah

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means of victory.

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means of victory.