Sadullah Khan – Mi`raaj 27 Rajab 1446-26 January 2025

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The upcoming prayer time for Islam is highlighted, including the holy Bible's teachings and its implications for one's health, success, and joy. The importance of praying for spiritual health is emphasized, along with the loss of family members and struggles of a woman in her twelfth year of troubles. The history and meaning of the Bible is also discussed, including the implementation of Islam and the Prophet's message. The speaker discusses the importance of remembering the Prophet's remorseful words and actions, praying for spiritual health, and making decisions about the world. The speaker also mentions upcoming events and programs, including a program to be hosted by Um standards and a talk by the Musallis.

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			Honored and privileged to be in the house
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on this
		
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			night of Laylatul Mi'raj.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
		
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			accept this gathering and to accept all of
		
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			our du'as and our our doings on
		
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			this night and may we do it for
		
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			the love of Allah and the love of
		
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			our deen.
		
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			The program tonight inshallah will end at isha
		
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			prayer time which will be performed on time.
		
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			We will open the program with a qira
		
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			'ah by Qari Mubeen Qari Hafid Mubeen Parker.
		
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			Thereafter we will have the talk by Sheikh
		
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			Saadul Afghan and the topic of the talk
		
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			will be on ascending through the legacy of
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			So the program should we will end on
		
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			time on the isha prayer time.
		
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			So it won't be will be short and
		
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			sweet.
		
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			Say jazakumullahu khairan to Qari Hafid Mubeen Parker
		
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			for that beautiful recitation of the holy Quran.
		
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			Increase his health and his happiness and his
		
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			happiness for the Quran and his joy joyfulness
		
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			for the Quran to increase for the ummah
		
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			inshallah.
		
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			Next up we will have Sheikh Saadul Afghan
		
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			delivering the talk.
		
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			In the name of Allah, most gracious, most
		
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			merciful.
		
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			All praise is due to our creator, our
		
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			cherisher, our nourisher and our sustainer.
		
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			We bear witness that there's none worthy of
		
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			worship but Allah.
		
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			We bear witness that we believe in all
		
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			the prophets who came throughout history and we
		
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			bear witness that Prophet Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Rasulullah
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam
		
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			is the final of all the emissaries of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Respected ulama, khurra, hufadh, imam, respected elders, respected
		
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			youth, brothers and sisters, I greet you with
		
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			the Islamic universal greeting of peace.
		
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			May the peace, the mercy and the blessings
		
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			of Allah be upon each and everyone present
		
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			here on this auspicious evening.
		
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			We commemorate two major events that occurred at
		
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			night in the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wa sallam.
		
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			Two nights of such tremendous significance that they
		
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			are distinctly mentioned in the holy Quran.
		
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			One is Laylatul Qadr.
		
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			Specifically mentioned in the Quran is Laylatul Qadr
		
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			which occurred with the instruction of the word
		
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			Iqra, the commencement of the final divine communication
		
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			received by the final messenger that Allah has
		
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			sent to humankind.
		
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			And that Laylatul Qadr occurred when the Prophet
		
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			was 40 years of age and that occasion
		
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			marked the beginning of what we call the
		
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			bi'atha or the prophetic calling as mentioned
		
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			in the 97th chapter of the holy Quran.
		
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			The other night which is referred to directly
		
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			in the holy Quran is the Isra and
		
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			the Isra refers to the celestial night journey.
		
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			Laylatul Isra literally means the journey by night
		
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			and of course the ascension, the zimaraj, and
		
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			that Isra occurred when the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wa alihi wa sallam was 52 years of
		
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			age and it is mentioned in Surah Al
		
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			-Isra.
		
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			One of these evenings is in Ramadan, the
		
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			night Laylatul Qadr, the night of power symbolizing
		
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			empowerment and the other is in the month
		
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			of Rajab which we are currently in Laylatul
		
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			Isra, the night of ascension symbolizing elevation.
		
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			Night of power symbolizing empowerment, night of ascension
		
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			symbolizing elevation.
		
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			On Laylatul Qadr, revelation descended from the divine
		
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			to the Prophet.
		
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			On Laylatul Qadr, divine revelation descended from the
		
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			divine to the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi
		
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			wa sallam and on Laylatul Isra the recipient
		
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			of that revelation ascended unto the divine.
		
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			Education, enlightenment, empowerment, Isra, elevation, enhancement,
		
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			and upliftment.
		
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			The one who ascended on Laylatul Isra just
		
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			for contextualizing his life and his struggle is
		
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			the one who lost his father before he
		
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			was born, lost his mother at the age
		
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			of six.
		
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			Those close to him when he brought his
		
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			mission were harassed and persecuted to the extent
		
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			that some of them had to find refuge
		
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			in Africa, in Abyssinia what is now Ethiopia
		
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			and he himself sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wa
		
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			sallam had to later migrate from Mecca to
		
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			Yathrib to Medina and he even suffered assassination
		
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			attempts on his life.
		
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			When the people of Mecca who once called
		
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			him al-Sadiq the truthful and al-Amin
		
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			the trustworthy when he came with his message
		
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			of Iqra they now rejected his message not
		
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			because they felt he was untruthful but because
		
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			his message challenged the political, social, moral, ethical,
		
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			and economic interest of those who are in
		
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			power.
		
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			They never called him a liar.
		
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			When the people of Mecca who had once
		
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			called him al-Sadiq the truthful and al
		
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			-Amin the trustworthy rejected his message, they ostracized
		
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			his followers, they victimized his family and he
		
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			and a handful of his loved ones had
		
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			to endure besides all of that three years
		
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			of relentless persecution, bitter hardship, and even boycott
		
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			from the Meccans to the extent that no
		
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			one dealt with them or engaged with them.
		
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			At that time he went to Taif to
		
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			preach the message of Islam and as we
		
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			know Taif was the first town that the
		
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			Rasul went outside Mecca to preach the message
		
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			and just to show the importance of patient
		
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			perseverance and the importance of keeping hope Taif
		
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			was the last town to embrace Islam before
		
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			the Prophet passed away.
		
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			He went to Taif and they stoned him.
		
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			Then came besides all of that the most
		
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			difficult period and trying time in the life
		
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			of the Prophet ﷺ in his illustrious life.
		
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			He witnessed what we call the عام الحزن,
		
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			the year of sorrow.
		
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			A year which witnessed the death of his
		
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			protective uncle Abu Talib and also the year
		
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			that witnessed the passing of his first and
		
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			most ardent supporter, his caring and compassionate confidant,
		
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			the first person to embrace the faith, his
		
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			beloved wife Khadija.
		
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			So both these were lost to him in
		
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			that year.
		
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			It was then at that stage of his
		
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			life at that time of strife and struggle
		
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			in that enduring hardship that Allah commanded the
		
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			Prophet ﷺ to the highest state of his
		
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			divine presence and then the verse Glory
		
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			to Allah.
		
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			Glory to Allah who took his servant on
		
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			a journey by night from the sacred mosque
		
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			to the furthest mosque, the precincts of which
		
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			he has blessed and that journey in order
		
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			that Allah might show him some of Allah's
		
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			signs for Allah hears and witnesses everything.
		
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			As the poet says, Angel
		
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			Jibreel came with glad tidings from Allah on
		
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			the night of ascension inviting the Prophet ﷺ
		
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			at that most depressed time of his life
		
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			to the highest manifestation of the divine presence.
		
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			Imam Musairi, the author of Qasida Buruda said
		
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			about this He
		
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			said you traveled oh Rasul ﷺ by night
		
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			from a sacred mosque to another one like
		
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			the full moon that travels through the darkness
		
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			of the night and you completed the ascent
		
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			and you reach the position of nearness of
		
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			a distance of two bows length such nearness
		
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			that has neither been aspired to nor ever
		
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			been achieved by anyone.
		
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			One of the scholars, the poet writes in
		
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			a poem, Maulana Ahmed Rida writes He
		
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			says, Allah is the first and the last,
		
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			the apparent and the imperceptible.
		
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			His divine splendor met the masterpiece of his
		
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			own creation.
		
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			Allah is the creator.
		
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			But on this occasion, his divine splendor met
		
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			the masterpiece of his own creation, the Prophet
		
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			ﷺ and invited him by himself towards himself.
		
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			The Isra wal Mi'raj, the celestial journey
		
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			by night and the ascension of the Prophet
		
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			occurred in the darkest year of the Prophet's
		
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			life.
		
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			But on that occasion, special things were granted
		
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			to the Prophet ﷺ and is documented in
		
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			the Sahih of Imam Muslim and other books.
		
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			Some say five things were granted, for sure
		
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			three of those five things are confirmed in
		
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			the Sahih of Imam Muslim.
		
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			Among the things, the daily salah and therefore
		
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			the Rasul ﷺ himself said, Salah is the
		
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			mi'raj of the believer.
		
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			And in one of the previous talks on
		
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			mi'raj, I went into detail with each
		
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			of these five points and specifically on this
		
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			salah, so I won't repeat that.
		
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			Second one, Allah's promise of forgiveness for those
		
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			who sincerely repent of their sins and those
		
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			who don't associate partners with him.
		
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			Then the last two verses of which also
		
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			I did as a talk on Isra wal
		
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			Mi'raj some years ago in this masjid.
		
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			The last two verses, Allah places no burden
		
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			upon you more than you can bear and
		
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			remember for your doings, whatever good you do
		
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			is for yourself, whatever wrong you do is
		
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			against your own self.
		
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			Allah has provided guidance and then of course,
		
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			Rabbana la tu'aqibna innaseena anaw shaykh really
		
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			so beautifully in the salah.
		
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			And among the things, according to other reports,
		
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			the whole world, al ardu kulluha masjid.
		
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			For a person of faith, though we have
		
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			the parameters of a mosque in which we
		
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			do itikaf and so on, but the whole
		
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			earth is a masjid.
		
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			Any place that's clean, you can pray there.
		
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			Wherever you are, al ardu kulluha masjid.
		
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			All of the earth is a masjid.
		
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			Some people have the notion in their religious
		
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			tradition, you must go to a church or
		
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			a temple, then you can pray.
		
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			That's not the case in Islam.
		
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			And according to some reports, innama al usri
		
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			yusra.
		
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			Whenever you have hardship and you persevere, double
		
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			the ease will follow.
		
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			After hardship, ease will come.
		
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			All of these gifts given to Rasulullah are
		
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			motivational and each one inspirational.
		
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			And therefore the israw al mi'raj is
		
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			all about inspiring hope.
		
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			Israw al mi'raj is about being motivated,
		
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			about Allah consciousness, about positivity.
		
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			You must remember, after the Prophet ﷺ was
		
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			rejected by his own people, stoned by the
		
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			people of Ta'if, insecure in the hometown
		
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			of Bakka, where he was born and lived,
		
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			the earth became inhospitable to him, unwelcome to
		
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			him.
		
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			Allah opened the skies and welcomed him to
		
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			the heavens.
		
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			Never let the negativity of others prevent you
		
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			from being positive.
		
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			Never let the negativity of others prevent you
		
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			from being positive.
		
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			Mi'raj teaches us that when there is
		
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			faith and where there is faith, there must
		
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			be hope.
		
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			Because to be pessimistic is not part of
		
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			good character and bad character is not part
		
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			of the characteristics of a believer.
		
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			The lesson of mi'raj is never to
		
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			lose hope, even in the darkest hour.
		
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			But even if everyone forgets us, Allah will
		
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			not forget us.
		
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			Remember me and I remember you.
		
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			One of the Prophets asked, Ya Allah, don't
		
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			forget me if I remember you.
		
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			So Allah said, I don't forget those who
		
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			forget me.
		
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			How will I forget those who remember me?
		
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			That's why the Quran says, And some people
		
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			translate as, remembering Allah is the greatest thing.
		
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			But grammatically doesn't mean that.
		
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			Grammatically, Allah remembering, Allah's remembrance is the best
		
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			thing.
		
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			So how's Allah's remembrance?
		
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			The fact that you remember Allah.
		
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			And by doing that, you invoke Allah's remembrance
		
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			on you, that is the greatest thing.
		
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			Because the reciprocal thing from Allah If everyone
		
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			forgets, Allah will not forget.
		
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			Remember Allah and He will remember you.
		
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			Are we not witnessing the valiant example of
		
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			the people of Palestine?
		
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			We can't think of Laylatul Qadr without imagining
		
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			the cave of Hira in Mecca.
		
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			You can't imagine.
		
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			Iqra, cave of Hira, Mecca, in the darkness
		
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			of the night, where the Prophet received the
		
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			first revelation.
		
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			So too, we cannot fathom Al-Isra and
		
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			the Mi'raj in our minds without Al
		
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			-Aqsa in Palestine, to which the Prophet traveled
		
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			on that night journey.
		
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			They're inextricably intertwined so much Allah mentions in
		
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			the Quran.
		
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			In the ayah of Isra, He says, Allah
		
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			twins it up in the verse of the
		
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			Isra, when He speaks about the journey, the
		
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			night journey.
		
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			The resilience, the resolve, the bravery, the courage,
		
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			and the faithful commitment of the people of
		
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			Palestine reconfirms the promise of Allah.
		
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			Do not be faint-hearted, nor be weakened
		
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			by grief or negativity, for you will overcome
		
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			if you are truly people of faith, if
		
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			you are truly people of faith.
		
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			Muslims in many parts of the world are
		
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			witnessing and experiencing tremendous, well-organized, imperious,
		
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			orchestrated, media-promoted prejudice and negativity.
		
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			Well-organized, imperious, orchestrated, media-promoted prejudice and
		
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			negativity.
		
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			It seems that we ourselves are in that
		
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			year of sorrow that the Rasul went through.
		
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			We are an Ummah going through in our
		
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			year of sorrow, the whole time from the
		
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			genocide that we witnessed in Palestine.
		
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			It is precisely the time like this that
		
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			we as an Ummah need to rally and
		
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			to focus our energy on the positive contribution
		
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			that the Ummah has and continues to make
		
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			to the world.
		
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			And regarding this, I'm making an announcement here
		
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			as part of my talk in something that
		
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			I am also intimately involved with.
		
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			This year 2025 marks the Hijri lunar date
		
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			of 1447.
		
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			Remember the Islamic calendar begins from the time
		
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			the Prophet migrated from Mecca to Medina.
		
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			The time and 10 years after that he
		
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			passed on.
		
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			So the Rasul passed away 10 years after
		
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			Hijri.
		
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			But he came from Mecca to Medina at
		
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			the age of 53.
		
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			So he was born 53 years before Hijra.
		
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			53 years before the Hijri calendar that we
		
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			have.
		
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			53 years which means this year is 1500
		
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			years since the advent of the Prophet.
		
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			This year is 1500 years since the advent
		
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			of the Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			That Prophet, a guide to humanity, mercy unto
		
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			the world, whose teachings continue to inspire over
		
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			1.9 billion Muslims and others worldwide.
		
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			And a group of diverse Muslim people with
		
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			patrons from all walks of life and the
		
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			patronage of senior ulema like Maulana Qutb-ud
		
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			-Din and Sheikh Amin Fakir are launching what
		
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			they call a legacy project 1500.
		
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			With a focus, and this is where it's
		
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			linked to the mi'raj and to the
		
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			talk, with a primary focus on the universal
		
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			message of Islam rooted in the civilizational values
		
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			of peace, of mercy, of justice, of environmental
		
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			awareness as conveyed by the final messenger.
		
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			Because we are here tonight in commemoration of
		
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			the legacy of that Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			And that legacy project aims to commemorate this
		
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			great milestone in various ways.
		
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			From international qira and nasheed programs with participation
		
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			of international artists and presenters, national school speech
		
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			contests, family camps, enlightening and empowering publications, exhibition
		
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			of the relics of the Rasul ﷺ, the
		
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			contribution of Islam through the ages, and an
		
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			international conference hosted inshallah in Cape Town on
		
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			the civilizational heritage of the Prophet that has
		
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			the support of the Organization of Islamic Conference
		
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			branch here in Africa.
		
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			It is more than just a commemoration because
		
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			very often Muslims react to something.
		
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			Something happened, cartoons, now we react.
		
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			Something happened in Palestine, of course we need
		
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			to galvanize ourselves.
		
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			But here's a chance for us to proactively
		
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			organize and galvanize ourselves.
		
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			We're not forming one ummah, one unity, all
		
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			come together, form one jama'ah, one organization.
		
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			We're not talking about those kind of things
		
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			now.
		
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			Talking about practical things that we can do.
		
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			People can get involved and do something without
		
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			being dictated to by anyone.
		
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			So it's an affirmation of the Prophet's international
		
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			enduring legacy.
		
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			Opportunity for Muslims around the world, especially minorities
		
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			like us here in South Africa, to reflect
		
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			on their identity and our future role.
		
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			Because do remember, as we can see in
		
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			the Palestine case, the revival of Islam and
		
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			the defense of Muslims will not come from
		
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			the Muslim rulers.
		
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			It'll come from people like us.
		
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			We took them to court.
		
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			We are not even 2% of this
		
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			country.
		
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			There are people, 99% Muslim, that didn't
		
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			say a word.
		
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			You can't even walk with a flag of
		
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			Palestine in those countries.
		
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			You can't make tawaf with a Palestine badge
		
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			on yourself.
		
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			Here we are hardly two or maybe five
		
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			percent at most.
		
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			And we took the ICJ, we took the
		
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			Palestinians and we took the Israelis to court.
		
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			And not only that, most of these countries
		
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			didn't even endorse or sign or privately say
		
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			we're okay with it.
		
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			They completely abstained.
		
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			So it'll come from minorities like this.
		
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			For us to reflect on our identity, our
		
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			role.
		
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			Because if they didn't come for the Palestinian
		
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			people, they're not going to come for you.
		
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			They didn't defend.
		
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			They didn't rise in defense of the Palestinian
		
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			people.
		
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			You think they're going to come down and
		
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			defend you here?
		
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			If anything happens here or anywhere else in
		
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			the world, whatever programs that will take place
		
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			locally, nationally, internationally, with everyone's attention and support
		
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			and everyone's attendance where possible.
		
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			Some of these will be, most of it
		
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			will be in Cape Town, some other parts
		
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			of the country and some also overseas.
		
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			But coming to the point now.
		
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			The legacy of the Prophet ﷺ is immense
		
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			and far-reaching.
		
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			When we are here on Mi'raj and
		
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			occasions like these, we are commemorating a life
		
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			of someone who changed the course of history.
		
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			His teachings has had and continues to have
		
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			a profound impact on the lives of millions
		
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			of people.
		
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			And his sunnah, his life example, continues to
		
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			be the primary sample of exemplary behavior for
		
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			people of faith.
		
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			The Prophet ﷺ's lasting legacy is not only
		
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			how he dressed and how he looked and
		
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			which madhhab he belongs to.
		
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			It's so shameful that we are so caught
		
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			up with these kind of issues.
		
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			Debating on all age old stuff in the
		
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			same old manner.
		
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			We don't even debate in a new way.
		
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			Same old things we're arguing about in the
		
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			same old manner.
		
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			We haven't matured.
		
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			Some people debate, can you read when you
		
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			see the new moon?
		
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			Is it bid'ah?
		
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			Non-Muslims have gone to the moon.
		
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			They don't even go to the moon anymore.
		
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			We're still debating, is it now?
		
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			Can you read now?
		
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			Is it bid'ah or not?
		
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			We still busy with that kind of...
		
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			We haven't built a spaceship yet.
		
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			The Prophet's lasting legacy shines through the believers.
		
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			Because you know what?
		
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			It's not because we didn't do it.
		
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			We were at the forefront of these things.
		
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			The renaissance occurred because of Baitul Hikmah in
		
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			Baghdad.
		
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			So that's something new.
		
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			We have deviated from the legacy of the
		
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			Rasul.
		
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			From the all-inclusive empowering that Ikra and
		
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			Isra is gone.
		
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			Because the Rasul went up.
		
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			We should have gone up.
		
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			He's ascending and we're descending.
		
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			It's a disconnected dichotomy.
		
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			The Prophet's lasting legacy shines through the believers
		
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			who echo the spirit of that legacy over
		
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			the ages.
		
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			The call of Bilal, which the Rasul instructed
		
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			him to give the adhan.
		
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			The call of Bilal sounds from every minaret
		
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			of every mosque every day, five times a
		
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			day.
		
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			Lessons of selfless sacrifice of Imam Hussain.
		
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			The mysticism of Rabia al-Adawiyya.
		
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			The fairness of Umar ibn Abdul Aziz.
		
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			The storehouse of knowledge like Sayyidina Nafisa.
		
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			The heroism of Salahuddin Ayyubi.
		
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			The intellectual depth of Lady Lubna of Qurtuba.
		
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			The genius of al-Buruni, of Battani, of
		
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			al-Razi, ibn Hayyan, al-Khawarizmi.
		
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			Fathers of chemistry, of algebra and mathematics.
		
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			Ibn Rushd.
		
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			The foresight of Fatima al-Fihri, who built
		
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			the world's first university.
		
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			Not first Muslim university, the first university in
		
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			West Africa.
		
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			The brilliance of al-Kindi, of ibn Khaldun,
		
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			of Ghazali.
		
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			This is the legacy of the Prophet.
		
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			This is the one whose mi'raj you're
		
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			talking about tonight.
		
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			The royal patrons of learning like Harun al
		
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			-Rashid and Raziya Sultan and the poetry of
		
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			Hassan bin Thabit, Shayma, Iqbal and Rumi.
		
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			Furthermore, as part of that legacy are institutions
		
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			like Bayt al-Hikmah in Baghdad, where the
		
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			top scholars of different faiths came together and
		
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			wrote manuals that lasted for hundreds of years
		
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			as manuals at the universities that would be
		
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			built after that.
		
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			Al-Qarawiyin in Fez in Morocco, al-Azhar
		
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			in Cairo, and existing structures that we visit
		
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			still today, like al-Hamra in Spain, the
		
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			Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, the Sulaimani Mosque in
		
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			Turkey, the Taj Mahal in India, the Grand
		
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			Royal Mosque in Isfahan, the Dome of the
		
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			Rock in Jerusalem.
		
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			All these are but extended reflections of the
		
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			Prophet's impactful legacy.
		
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			His impactful legacy on the world through those
		
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			who followed him, alhamdulillah.
		
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			That is the Prophet that we follow.
		
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			The one whom Allah took on Isra and
		
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			al-Mi'raj.
		
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			His legacy is reflected and still continues to
		
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			be so through the impact that he continues
		
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			to have on the lives of others.
		
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			A lasting living legacy.
		
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			An elevated Prophet.
		
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			Elevated Prophet that deserves the commitment of an
		
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			elevating Ummah.
		
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			An elevated, the one who went up, the
		
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			one who was ascended.
		
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			An elevated Prophet, an ascended Prophet who deserves
		
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			the commitment of an ascending and an elevating
		
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			Ummah.
		
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			Imam Busayri said in his Qasida Burda He
		
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			said, when Allah invites us to his obedience,
		
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			he calls upon us to follow the Prophet.
		
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			When Allah says obey me, If you obey
		
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			the Prophet, you have obeyed me.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because he never deviates from the way of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			So when Allah invites us to his obedience,
		
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			he instructs us to follow the Prophet.
		
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			And by the honourability of that Prophet, we
		
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			have become worthy, worthy of being the most
		
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			honourable community.
		
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			Let us on this evening make a resolution.
		
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			A resolution to live up to that honour
		
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			of that Honourable Prophet.
		
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			O my Beloved, peace be upon
		
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			you.
		
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			O my poor and good, peace be upon
		
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			you.
		
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			O my Beloved, peace be upon you.
		
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			O my Beloved, peace be upon you.
		
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			I'll try to do just a last bit.
		
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			I say four more minutes left to go
		
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			for the Adhan.
		
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			So I'll read the Salawat read by my
		
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			Ustadh Qari Nurbai, so I'll read a bit
		
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			of that if I can.
		
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			If you have heard him read, please don't
		
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			compare the two.
		
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			I hope you haven't heard it from him.
		
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			Shukran.
		
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			Salamun Alaykum.
		
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			Jazakumullah Khayran to Sheikh Sadullah.
		
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			Certainly a very gifted man.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala increase Sheikh and
		
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			may he be a benefit to us in
		
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			this community for many many more years to
		
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			come.
		
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			And we are fortunate to have Sheikh right
		
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			on our doorstep every day.
		
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			Jazakumullahu khairan.
		
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			And maybe for the next Jummah, we can
		
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			cut out the talk and we can do
		
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			a whole Nasheed.
		
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			Jazakumullahu khairan.
		
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			But I'm not going out.
		
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			Just a reminder while the Masjid is quite
		
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			full, that next Sunday, the 2nd of Feb,
		
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			we'll be hosting the Seerah Jalsa.
		
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			It's okay.
		
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			I won't speak.
		
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			We'll be hosting the Seerah Jalsa at this
		
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			Masjid.
		
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			The program will start at 4.55pm and
		
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			then we'll perform Asr Salah.
		
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			And immediately after Asr, there will be a
		
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			Kira'ah by Qari Yusuf Osman and we'll
		
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			have a Dhikr by Sheikh Ismail Lunt, Qari
		
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			Yusuf Osman and Mawlana Yusuf Rabit.
		
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			Thereafter, we will have a talk by Mufti
		
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			Ismail Mink.
		
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			At 5.45pm, his talk will take place.
		
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			Thereafter, we will have a talk by Mufti
		
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			Sheikh Abdul Rahman Khan and after him will
		
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			be Mawlana Sulaiman Rabit.
		
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			And the final talk will be just before
		
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			Maghrib Salah by Mawlana Ibrahim Bam.
		
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			Please, you're all welcome to attend.
		
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			And free meals will be given to all
		
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			the Musallis outside the Masjid after the program,
		
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			after Maghrib Salah.
		
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			That's on Sunday, the 2nd of Hib.
		
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			Jazakumullah Khairan.
		
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			In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
		
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			Merciful.
		
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			All praise is due to Allah, Lord of
		
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			the worlds.
		
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			The Beneficent, the Merciful.
		
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			Owner of the Day of Recompense.
		
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			It is You we worship and You we
		
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			ask for help.
		
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			Guide us to the straight path, the path
		
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			of those You have blessed, those
		
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			on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, those
		
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			on whom You have bestowed Your Mercy, In
		
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			the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
		
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			All praise is due to Allah, Lord of
		
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			the worlds.
		
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			The Beneficent, the Merciful.
		
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			Owner of the Day of Recompense.
		
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			It is You we worship and You we
		
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			ask for help.
		
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			Guide us to the straight path, the path
		
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			of those You have blessed, those on whom
		
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			You have bestowed Your Grace, As
		
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			-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah, as-salamu alaykum wa
		
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			rahmatullah.
		
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			Astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah,
		
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			astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah.
		
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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah, astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah,
		
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			astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah.
		
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			As
		
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			-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah, as-salamu alaykum wa
		
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			rahmatullah.
		
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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah, as-salamu alaykum
		
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			wa rahmatullah.