Safi Khan – Soul Food For College Students Dear Beloved Son #20

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The importance of doing what one does in the present, including forgiveness and patient listening to others, is emphasized in the spirituality of worship. The importance of healthy eating and avoiding harm in extreme events is also emphasized. The need for forgiveness and patient listening to others is also emphasized. The importance of honoring the Prophet sallama is emphasized, as is the need for practice reciting the duels and receiving daily support.

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			Alrighty Bismillah walhamdulillah As-salatu was-salamu ala
		
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			rasulillah wa ala alihi wa ashabihi ajma'in
		
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			Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Everybody how
		
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			we doing?
		
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			Alhamdulillah.
		
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			MashaAllah.
		
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			You guys have that winter break glow to
		
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			you right now You guys here.
		
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			MashaAllah.
		
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			The glow up is serious from the beginning
		
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			of the fall semester.
		
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			Okay, alhamdulillah There's also I'm gonna rename soul
		
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			food the sisters halaqa Just because mashaAllah there
		
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			just is a beautiful amazing 80-20 percentage.
		
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			We're working with here.
		
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			The ratio is strong so humbly la humbly
		
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			la so we are gonna be finishing our
		
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			Study of the text the series of letters
		
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			of Imam Al-Ghazali Rahim Allah towards his
		
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			son towards our towards his student that is
		
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			called a you had what a dear beloved
		
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			son He used to call his student his
		
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			beloved son and Come to the last week.
		
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			We began this conversation Because Imam Al-Ghazali
		
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			Rahim Allah he actually began this final chapter
		
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			in his book in this series of letters
		
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			With the chapter of do I write the
		
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			importance of do I and we were talking
		
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			a little bit last week about the importance
		
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			of do I particularly in the circumstance that
		
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			we're in right now in terms of the
		
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			end of the year, right?
		
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			This is a retrospective time of the year
		
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			people are thinking, you know Internally about what
		
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			have I done in this past 365 days?
		
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			What have I done with the past 12
		
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			months of my life?
		
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			And so do I is something you know,
		
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			subhanAllah that you know I defined last week
		
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			for everybody which is a humble call to
		
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			the Creator, right?
		
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			Do I is not a it's not a
		
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			request Do I is not an order that
		
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			we give it's not a stipulation that we
		
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			make Do I is a humble call out
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala from a place
		
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			of desperate need, right?
		
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			and so Imam Al-Ghazali Rahim Allah He
		
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			begins this final chapter by Listing a few
		
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			of the duas that he wanted his student
		
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			to be very very familiar with because these
		
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			duas were duas of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam and The best of duas
		
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			or the duas that were made by the
		
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			NBA alaihimussalam, right that they were so close
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala So dua can
		
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			be made in your own unique way But
		
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			at the same time the duas of the
		
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			NBA that came before Were also something that
		
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			were looked at as higher level higher quality
		
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			Why just because of the closeness that they
		
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			had to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala So to
		
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			combine our duas with the duas of the
		
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			NBA alaihimussalam You can understand that it actually
		
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			adds a level of sweetness to the duas
		
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			that we make Okay, so Imam Al-Ghazali
		
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			Rahim Allah, we went through last week the
		
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			first dua that he mentioned to his students,
		
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			right?
		
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			Oh Allah, I beg you in regard to
		
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			your grace ni'ma tamamaha in its totality in
		
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			regard to protection in its permanent state in
		
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			regard to mercy in its totality in regard
		
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			to well-being and And and the attainment
		
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			of it in regard to livelihood for its
		
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			most plentiful Nature in regard to life for
		
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			its most happy in regard to beneficence for
		
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			the most perfect in regard to favor for
		
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			the most inclusive of it and in regard
		
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			to generosity for the sweetest of it and
		
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			in regard to gentleness for the most Intimate
		
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			of it.
		
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			Okay aqrabahu, Imam Al-Ghazali Rahim Allah He
		
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			says in this dua right in regards to
		
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			the gentleness of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala in
		
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			its closest state Okay, so alhamdulillah, we have
		
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			My dear beloved friend and teacher hamdulillah I
		
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			know man who's going to be inshallah joining
		
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			us for our khatam for our final session
		
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			of soul food here tonight And we're going
		
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			to be sharing a little bit of time
		
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			together Reflecting through the final three duas that
		
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			Imam Al-Ghazali Rahim Allah taught his students.
		
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			So inshallah Qari sahab he's going to share
		
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			the second of the the four and then
		
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			inshallah I'll share the third and then he's
		
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			going to finish us off with the khatam
		
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			inshallah And by the way, he'll go through
		
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			the reflections line by line But pay attention
		
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			to each letter each word and how it
		
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			impacts you as a person, right?
		
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			Don't think of dua as this kind of
		
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			like template that was set by somebody before
		
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			me and has no personality to me No,
		
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			no, no when we go through the words.
		
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			Oh Allah.
		
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			I beg you for your grace and your
		
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			nirma Tamamaha think about what it means for
		
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			Allah's blessing upon you in his totality When
		
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			has a blessing been given to you in
		
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			totality think about that time in your life
		
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			where that was true for you This is
		
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			the best way to connect with duas in
		
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			the first place.
		
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			So inshallah Sheikh sahab I want to let
		
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			you take it away inshallah, and the dua
		
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			will be on the screen as you reflect
		
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			inshallah Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
		
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			Alhamdulillah wa salatu wassalamu ala rasoolillah Wa ala
		
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			alihi wa sahbihi ajma'in Amma ba'd It's
		
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			always a pleasure to spend some time here
		
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			at Roots with our friend and Colleague was
		
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			that Safi and all of you masha'Allah
		
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			You know as as I thought Safi was
		
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			sharing this beautiful reflection on dua and how
		
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			Imam Ghazali rahmatullahi alayh is sharing with his
		
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			student not to forget him in his prayers
		
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			Like you think about a teacher telling his
		
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			student, please remember me in your duas even
		
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			in that moment of Being in a position
		
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			of authority as a teacher as an instructor
		
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			as a scholar Reflecting over the fact that
		
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			sometimes and a lot of times the student
		
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			may excel the teacher in excellence The student
		
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			may excel the teacher in spirituality the student
		
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			may excel the teacher in knowledge and in
		
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			practice and you know when when we ask
		
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			people for dua We ask from a place
		
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			of humility and sincerity Because the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam teaches us that one way
		
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			of having your duas Accepted is by making
		
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			dua for each other So when I make
		
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			dua for you, it's more likely that my
		
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			dua will be accepted as well And when
		
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			you make dua for me, it's more likely
		
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			that your dua will be Accepted as well
		
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			So keeping that in mind Imam Ghazali is
		
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			asking his student to whom he just wrote
		
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			this entire letter to Please don't forget me
		
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			in your duas because I am in need
		
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			of your prayers But he also then highlights
		
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			These duas that are from the beautiful tradition
		
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			of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam However,
		
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			I want to point out that these specific
		
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			duas that we're covering are not the literal
		
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			words of the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			and by this Imam Ghazali rahmatullahi alayh He's
		
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			teaching us that learn to make dua in
		
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			your own way Taking from the spirit of
		
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			the dua of the prophets because everything we're
		
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			gonna cover Is actually going to be related
		
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			to some type of dua that the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam himself made But he's
		
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			using very unique wording for us to realize
		
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			that our duas at times have to be
		
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			unique We need to speak in a language
		
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			that we understand Sometimes we need to ask
		
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			in a way that is most effective and
		
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			impactful for us so as we complete this
		
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			text and Know that the completion of any
		
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			text is a Gathering of Baraka and blessedness
		
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			Actually many of the scholars of the past
		
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			and even today Will will literally do readings
		
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			of books like a you had well ed
		
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			and give ejazah to students So they're blessed
		
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			texts and the fact that we've been able
		
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			to go through it together is Absolutely an
		
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			amazing honor and I want everybody to recognize
		
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			this I don't want this to feel like
		
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			it was just another session that we did
		
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			another series that we covered we went through
		
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			one of the Accepted texts by one of
		
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			the greatest scholars of our tradition Imam Ghazali
		
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			rahmatullahi alayh So we make this khatam and
		
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			we reflect over these duas You know as
		
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			I as we were thinking about this session
		
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			I was telling us at Safi that At
		
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			the end of any deed that we perform
		
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			we are taught by the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wa sallam to conclude with Dua right a
		
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			dua omokhal ibadah the Prophet says dua is
		
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			the essence of worship so truly the essence
		
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			of all of what we're doing is To
		
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			connect and engage with Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			at a deeper level and that happens often
		
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			in dua why because in dua you're Humbling
		
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			yourself to Allah and really Putting forth your
		
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			vulnerabilities and saying oh Allah like I need
		
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			you and oh Allah.
		
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			I am broken and oh Allah I am
		
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			struggling and The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			taught us that at the end of the
		
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			prayer, what do we do?
		
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			So what is what is the one dua
		
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			that we make immediately after the salah?
		
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			He would start off by saying astaghfirullah astaghfirullah
		
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			astaghfirullah Seeking forgiveness after any deed.
		
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			Oh Allah.
		
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			I didn't do it the way that I
		
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			should have done it.
		
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			Oh Allah, I came to these sessions for
		
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			you know to hang out I learned something
		
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			along the way, but maybe I could have
		
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			been more attentive.
		
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			Maybe I could have been more consistent Maybe
		
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			I could have been here more regularly.
		
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			Oh Allah.
		
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			I seek forgiveness for that which I left
		
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			out for that which in those moments of
		
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			negligence while I was sitting in the gathering
		
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			of your remembrance and And then the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is teaching us that
		
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			at the end of any deed to make
		
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			a dua Towards Allah and that's why Imam
		
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			Ghazali actually points this out so beautifully.
		
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			We're ending the year off.
		
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			It's a time of reflection It's a time
		
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			of thinking about you know What we've done
		
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			and what we haven't done and also thinking
		
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			about how do we close this year off
		
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			in the most beautiful way?
		
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			Because the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam teaches
		
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			us in them and I'm not a bit
		
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			Kawa team that actions are judged by their
		
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			ending a lot of times we Build our
		
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			year out From January to December.
		
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			That's how we look at it for a
		
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			lot of us Well, a lot of y
		
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			'all probably do it off based off of
		
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			the the academic year, right when you start
		
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			school when you end school but a lot
		
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			of us we we set our goals based
		
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			off of the end of The calendar year
		
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			and here we are a lot coming close
		
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			to the end we ask you to allow
		
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			us to end with ease and Allow the
		
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			upcoming days to be better than the previous
		
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			months.
		
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			I was telling the students at the seminary
		
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			That as they all go home for their
		
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			winter break now to come back with a
		
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			a sense of renewed intention and focus and
		
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			Even if the first half of the year
		
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			was gone in negligence and maybe slacking off
		
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			or Maybe even being insincere and while you're
		
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			here allow the second quarter to be stronger
		
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			Why because deeds are always?
		
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			judged by their ending So if I spent
		
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			the last 11 months in negligence if I
		
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			can just spend the last 10 days in
		
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			connection Those last 11 months will be a
		
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			wipe for us So Imam Ghazali rahmatullahi alayh
		
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			He starts off or as Imam Safi started
		
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			the beginning of the du'a the second
		
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			part of the du'a He says Allahumma
		
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			kun lana wa laa takun alayna Which is
		
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			such a powerful du'a to make.
		
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			Oh Allah Be on our side We're asking
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala to be with us
		
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			Well, I don't be against us Because when
		
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			you have Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala on your
		
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			side when Allah is with you Then you
		
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			have everything that you need and in this
		
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			Era of life and in this year that
		
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			we've been experiencing of so much atrocity and
		
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			so many challenges and so many difficulties What
		
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			are we reminded?
		
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			Allahu maulana Allahu maulana, right?
		
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			What was the statement that?
		
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			The the people of Gaza made Over and
		
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			over again Every time they were faced with
		
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			a challenge and difficulty.
		
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			It was a statement said by the prophets
		
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			of the past It was a statement said
		
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			by Ibrahim when he was thrown into the
		
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			fire Hasbun allahu wa ni'mal wakeed.
		
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			Allah is enough for us.
		
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			Why because if Allah is on our side
		
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			No matter what happens apparently to us We
		
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			always have victory.
		
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			We always have blessing.
		
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			There's always going to be Success at the
		
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			end.
		
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			So Allah be with us and not against
		
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			us Why because if Allah is on the
		
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			other side or if we choose a side
		
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			on which Allah is not there present Then
		
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			what what have we done?
		
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			Essentially, we've now waged a war against Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala Allah don't need you.
		
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			Oh Allah, I'm not in need of you,
		
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			and I don't necessarily need you on my
		
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			side.
		
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			I can deal with this on my own
		
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			What did the son of nooh alayhis salaam
		
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			say to his father?
		
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			What was that like that conversation that they
		
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			had?
		
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			Nooh alayhis salaam saying come on to the
		
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			ship come on to the boat and You'll
		
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			be protected Be on the side of Allah
		
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			and you'll be taken care of even though
		
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			you don't get it completely Even if you
		
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			don't completely understand what I'm preaching and what
		
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			I'm saying and essentially what you What I'm
		
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			inviting towards just get on the ship just
		
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			gone on get on the side of Allah.
		
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			We'll figure it out and he says It's
		
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			all good.
		
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			I Figured it out.
		
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			I know what I need to do.
		
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			I'll go on this mountain and this mountain
		
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			will take care of me I don't need
		
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			God to show me and guide me I
		
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			don't need the Quran or the Sunnah to
		
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			tell me what it means to be moral
		
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			or immoral I don't need that because I've
		
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			figured it all out myself because You know,
		
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			I'm him as a young people say my
		
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			kids taught me that by the way I
		
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			have kids like, you know, he's him like
		
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			what he's saying Anyway, sorry kids So he
		
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			says Allah Kun Alayna Wala Kun Lana Wala
		
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			Takun Alayna and and and then when you
		
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			look at the beautiful like Tradition of the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
		
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			You find these very powerful to us Where
		
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			he you know, he's literally asking Allah will
		
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			could be now.
		
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			I'll see that it'll be with Taqwa Allah.
		
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			I Need you to grab me by my
		
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			forelock and I need you force me into
		
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			submission The Prophet would make this but Allah
		
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			forced me into submission because if you leave
		
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			me Right for even a moment.
		
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			Oh Allah, right Even if you left me
		
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			for a moment the destruction that I would
		
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			cause would be unimaginable So that's how he
		
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			starts this this part of the dua and
		
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			then he says Allahumma This He said oh
		
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			Allah allow us to conclude our lives with
		
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			happiness Allow us to be in a state
		
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			of peace and contentment when we leave this
		
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			world Right.
		
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			How do we end?
		
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			How do we how do we?
		
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			Experience a beautiful ending.
		
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			How do we experiencing ending of happiness, you
		
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			know?
		
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			Just a few a couple last month or
		
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			a couple of months ago my grandfather passed
		
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			away may Allah have mercy on his soul
		
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			he was 87 years old and When he
		
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			passed away it was an extremely beautiful sight
		
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			and You're wondering how can death be beautiful?
		
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			But death is actually beautiful when you live
		
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			a beautiful life.
		
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			Your death can be extremely inspiring and beautiful
		
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			We were all in the hospital all of
		
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			his children His 32 grandchildren and his 27
		
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			great-grandchildren all at the hospital all together
		
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			in one room and all of us were
		
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			just reading zikr and Making and reciting the
		
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			final Kalima and in those moments of the
		
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			entire room just making dua He peacefully passed
		
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			away without anyone realizing that he had passed
		
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			away So then you think about how is
		
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			it possible for me to have a beautiful
		
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			death where I can leave with everyone on
		
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			my side Sad about my departure while I
		
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			am happy to be reunited with Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala How does that happen?
		
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			Well, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam teaches
		
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			us that he says that Kama tahyyuna tamutun
		
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			wa kama tamutuna tahsharun The way you live
		
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			is the way you die and the way
		
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			you die is the way you'll be resurrected
		
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			live a beautiful life And Allah will give
		
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			you a beautiful death.
		
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			And if Allah gives you a beautiful death
		
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			Know for sure that you will have a
		
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			beautiful resurrection It comes down to living beautifully.
		
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			You can expect to have a happy ending
		
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			you can expect to have a beautiful demise
		
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			and Returning to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala in
		
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			a state of peace and comfort if you're
		
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			not living your life in Accordance to that
		
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			idea or that thought so Imam Ghazali.
		
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			He says Oh Allah conclude Our lives with
		
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			happiness and allow it to be, you know,
		
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			and and one of the du'as very
		
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			I'm sorry, please You know one of the
		
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			du'as of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam and the companions would be Allahumma ja
		
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			'al khaira umri aakhirahu, wa khaira amali khawatimahu,
		
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			wa khaira ayyami yawma alqaqafi which is Such
		
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			a beautiful du'a actually it's narrated that
		
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			a Bedouin made the du'a a Villager
		
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			was making du'a and the Prophet heard
		
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			it and said that is a beautiful du
		
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			'a Like the Prophet heard it and I
		
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			was like that is amazing.
		
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			What did you say?
		
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			Oh Allah ja'al khaira umri aakhirahu, make
		
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			the last portion of my life the best
		
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			portion of my life Why because even if
		
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			we messed up in the beginning allow the
		
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			end to be beautiful Even if we struggled
		
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			Oh Allah allow us to end with beauty
		
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			Wa khaira amali khawatimahu and allow the last
		
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			deed I perform to be the best deed
		
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			of my life you know oftentimes we think
		
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			about the scary moment of death coming suddenly
		
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			and we ask the question of What will
		
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			we be engaged in when death approaches us?
		
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			I'm driving and death comes to me while
		
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			I'm driving.
		
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			What am I doing while I'm driving?
		
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			Right, what am I listening to while I'm
		
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			driving?
		
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			What am I watching as I'm hanging out
		
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			or or chilling?
		
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			What am I doing?
		
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			What if death comes to me in those
		
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			moments?
		
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			What happens?
		
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			Oh Allah make the last deed I perform
		
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			in the best deed of my life.
		
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			Wa khaira ayyami yawma alqaakafi, in the best
		
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			day Oh Allah allow it to be the
		
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			day that I meet you and I'm reunited
		
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			with you So when Imam Ghazali talks about
		
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			Oh Allah allow us to have a beautiful
		
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			ending with happiness Imam Ghazali is referring to
		
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			this beautiful du'a of the Prophet salallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam, and then he says wa
		
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			haqqiq bi ziyadati a'malana, he says and make
		
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			our hopes abundantly real Because we have a
		
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			lot of hopes and desires in this world
		
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			and then we have a lot of hopes
		
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			and desires of the akhira Like we hope
		
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			that we can be with the Prophet salallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam in Jannah We hope that
		
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			we can be reunited with our loved ones
		
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			in paradise.
		
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			We hope we can be successful here We
		
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			hope we can be successful there.
		
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			Oh Allah whatever our hopes and our desires
		
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			are Allow them to come into reality in
		
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			fruition right Now it's it's important when we
		
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			say this du'a is Oh Allah allow
		
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			whatever permissible desires we have to be honored
		
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			and fulfilled Because a lot of us have
		
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			hopes But those hopes are not in line
		
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			with the Quran and Sunnah.
		
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			And so when we make this du'a
		
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			We're almost making du'a.
		
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			Oh Allah, although I have certain hopes I
		
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			just need you not to fulfill the hopes
		
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			of mine that are not in line with
		
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			your beautiful tradition Because if those things come
		
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			true, then I've put myself in more difficulty
		
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			and challenge so Oh Allah allow All of
		
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			my hopes and all of these desires that
		
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			I have to be a reality for me
		
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			And he says Oh Allah Allow our morning
		
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			and evenings to be spent in aafiyah Allow
		
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			our day when we wake up and we
		
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			go to sleep Every day allow it to
		
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			be spent in aafiyah.
		
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			You guys know what aafiyah is?
		
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			The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would say
		
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			to the companions Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, ask
		
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			Allah for aafiyah, ask Allah for ease, ask
		
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			Allah Not to make things difficult for you.
		
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			You know, there was a there was a
		
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			companion of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			Who actually asked for difficulties like Oh Allah
		
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			Let me you know Let me go through
		
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			difficulties so my sins can be forgiven because
		
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			we're taught in our tradition that even a
		
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			prick of a thorn Leads to forgiveness and
		
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			elevation.
		
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			So a companion is saying Oh Allah just
		
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			let me feel all the pain in this
		
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			world so I could be forgiven in the
		
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			hereafter and The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			said no, that's not the spirit of our
		
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			religion If you're tested then you're required to
		
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			be patient, but you don't ask for the
		
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			test You don't ask Allah to put you
		
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			through difficulty.
		
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			You ask Allah for ease.
		
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			You ask Allah for aafiyah So Oh Allah
		
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			allow our mornings and our evenings to be
		
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			spent with aafiyah We wake up in the
		
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			morning and one of the the the things
		
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			that we start our day with is a
		
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			dua What do we say Oh Allah we
		
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			thank you For this blessing Alhamdulillahi allathee ahyana
		
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			ba'dama amatana wa ilayhi nushoor We wake up
		
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			in the morning Showing gratitude to Allah for
		
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			the opportunity for another day for another chance
		
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			for aafiyah you know In the midst of
		
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			so much tragedy that we see There's actually
		
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			a very powerful hadith where the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam says man asbaha minkum aminan
		
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			fee sirbihi mu'aafan fee jasidihi wa indahu
		
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			qootu yawmihi ka annama heezat lahu al dunya
		
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			The Prophet says the one who wakes up
		
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			in the morning like well healthy and In
		
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			safety and They have enough food for the
		
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			day The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says
		
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			that's it's as if they have the entire
		
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			dunya.
		
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			It's as if they have everything that they
		
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			need Waking up healthy waking up in safety
		
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			and having enough food for the day.
		
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			The Prophet says this my friends is everything
		
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			that you need So asking Allah for that
		
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			aafiyah Asking Allah so Imam Ghazali is wanting
		
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			us to think and when we make dua
		
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			to think about how to make dua often
		
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			You know Sa'd Safi we struggle with this
		
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			idea of what do I ask for I
		
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			know you're going for umrah What are the
		
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			conversations we often have with our with our
		
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			group when we go for umrah is please
		
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			do not wing your duas Prepare your duas
		
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			Like you're going for umrah.
		
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			I don't want you to say like I'm
		
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			gonna like whatever comes to my mind I'm
		
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			gonna make no actually sit down and think
		
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			about what it is that you want to
		
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			ask Allah Right be very intentional about every
		
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			word you choose I can guarantee you when
		
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			we have to give a speech in front
		
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			of the entire school at Graduation or when
		
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			we have to you know speak in front
		
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			of dignitaries What are we gonna?
		
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			We're gonna be very careful of every word
		
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			we choose after we put it through jets
		
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			chat GBT a few times, right?
		
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			Well, we're gonna be very careful and mindful
		
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			of every word we choose why because we
		
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			want to sound eloquent We want to sound
		
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			respectful.
		
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			We want to sound honorable here, we're standing
		
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			and sitting and bowing in front of the
		
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			The Lord of the heavens and the earth
		
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			Come prepared when you make dua to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala I'm gonna wrap so go
		
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			this go through this really quickly actually So
		
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			then he says What you are you know,
		
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			I'm a Tika Masir on a woman and
		
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			a woman I don't know so he says
		
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			oh Allah and Entrust our destiny and future
		
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			state to your mercy.
		
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			Oh Allah allow everything that we experience our
		
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			future and everything that is written for us.
		
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			Allow it to be Filled with your mercy
		
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			Allow your mercy to guide it allow your
		
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			mercy to be a part of it Oh
		
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			Allah allow us not to experience anything in
		
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			the future.
		
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			That will be harmful to us So part
		
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			of it part of dua is asking Allah
		
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			not only for the present but asking for
		
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			the future Oftentimes, we're so stuck in the
		
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			present that we forget to ask Allah about
		
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			tomorrow.
		
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			Oh, I want this today All I want
		
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			this now all I need this now and
		
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			we forget that today's in the past and
		
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			you're gonna realize how Yesterday was so so
		
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			Insignificant and how we wish we actually prepared
		
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			for tomorrow Oftentimes we look back and we
		
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			say man I wish I prepared a little
		
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			better for tomorrow or next year or you
		
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			know, the next phase of my life So
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala is teaching us think
		
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			about making dua for your future Not just
		
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			your present and this we learn from the
		
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			beautiful dua of the Prophets like Ibrahim alayhi
		
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			salam When he made dua for his dhuriya,
		
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			he made dua for all of his progeny
		
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			Oh Allah, not just me and my kids,
		
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			but oh Allah my entire progeny Allow them
		
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			to be people of faith his vision for
		
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			his community How many of us make when
		
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			making dua we think about our progeny?
		
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			Some of us are like, yeah, I'm not
		
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			even married yet.
		
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			You talk about my kids and my progeny
		
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			I'm not even there but Ibrahim alayhi salam
		
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			is thinking about this.
		
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			He's making dua about this Even though he
		
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			doesn't know how long or how far his
		
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			progeny is gonna go And then you have
		
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			from his progeny Muhammad Rasul Allah sallallahu alayhi
		
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			salam What a powerful dua his dua leads
		
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			to having the best of humanity being from
		
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			his progeny So make dua for the future
		
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			and then he says what's book?
		
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			See Jada Africa and he says Oh Allah
		
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			pour the vessel of your forgiveness of our
		
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			sins.
		
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			Oh Allah your forgiveness is more amazing than
		
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			our sins your forgiveness is more amazing than
		
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			our sins and we learned this theme through
		
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			the beautiful Sunnah and the lives of the
		
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			prophets when they would say Oh Allah and
		
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			And when we learn from the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam that when we come to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala with sins that reach
		
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			the heavens and reach the skies Then then
		
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			know in that moment know that Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala mercy is far greater than that
		
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			That Allah can forgive you well out with
		
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			baddie and there's absolutely no burden on Allah
		
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			It's simple you could do it in a
		
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			moment and it's not difficult for him Nor,
		
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			is it something he he finds hard to
		
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			do?
		
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			Why because he loves forgiveness one of the
		
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			One of the statements written on the throne
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala is In the
		
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			Rahmati Taghlibu Ghadabi.
		
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			It's actually written.
		
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			This is the one rule that Allah has
		
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			Allah's not bound by any rules But there's
		
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			one rule that he holds himself accountable to
		
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			and that is that Verily my mercy will
		
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			always overpower my anger and my wrath So
		
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			Oh Allah, we ask you to allow your
		
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			forgiveness Allow your forgiveness to cover our sins.
		
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			Oh Allah if you will not forgive us,
		
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			then where do we turn?
		
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			Oh Allah, we know that you are the
		
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			only one that is a food and that
		
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			is Rahim and then he goes on and
		
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			There's a lot that can be said about
		
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			every single one of these statements by the
		
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			way But I want you to think about
		
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			how you want to seek forgiveness from Allah
		
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			and what words you want to choose to
		
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			ask Allah For forgiveness because you can use
		
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			these words but I promise you the words
		
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			that you choose and you prepare to use
		
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			and you Think about as you're making dua
		
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			to Allah will be more effective for your
		
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			dua And then he goes on When we're
		
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			not Alina be Islahi or Yobana and Oh
		
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			Allah Grant us correction of our faults that
		
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			don't only forgive us because forgiveness isn't enough
		
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			what happens when we seek forgiveness But then
		
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			like we just continue the sin so Oh
		
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			Allah not only allow us to be forgiven,
		
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			but allow us to then go further and
		
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			Get rid of those sins get rid of
		
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			those faults get rid of those evils Now
		
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			despite this beautiful dua we learn from the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam a reality That all
		
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			of us are facing and that is we
		
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			seek forgiveness, but we engage in this and
		
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			again right guys You guys agree with that
		
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			inshallah.
		
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			You guys are all good people.
		
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			Mashallah.
		
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			That's I'm referring to myself You you you
		
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			make us so far, but then you engage
		
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			in this and again, so there's a beautiful
		
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			tradition where?
		
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			Allah says to the angels that this person
		
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			sought forgiveness from me and Then committed the
		
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			sin and then sought forgiveness for me again
		
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			Went back to the sin over and over
		
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			again, and then Allah will say to the
		
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			angels.
		
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			I make you a witness I have forgiven
		
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			them and after today no matter what they
		
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			do.
		
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			They will be forgiven So the angels are
		
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			like what what's what's going on here?
		
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			And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam teaches us
		
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			that the reason that Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			makes this claim in the statement is that
		
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			He knows that his servant Understands that no
		
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			one can forgive him or her except Allah
		
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			and no matter how many times they fall
		
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			and how many times they make a Mistake
		
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			they're gonna get right back up seek forgiveness
		
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			and continue marching forward So Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala loves a person who returns to him
		
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			over and over and over again So Allah
		
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			cover our sins what you had it tuck
		
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			was add an hour will not make taqwa
		
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			our provision You know in the discussion of
		
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			hajj in the Quran Allah says what a
		
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			so what do fa inna khairah zada taqwa
		
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			Allah says be people that Take on taqwa
		
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			as provision why because it is the best
		
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			of provision When you have nothing else when
		
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			taqwa is with you you have everything that
		
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			you need to allow you to succeed in
		
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			this life in the hereafter and Then he
		
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			says what feed inika it's the hadena and
		
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			oh Allah allow us To really work hard
		
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			when our with our Dean Allow us to
		
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			really give our Dean in our religion time
		
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			Allow us to focus on becoming a better
		
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			person and in this statement By the way
		
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			We should start asking everything that we need
		
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			to make me better make me more punctual
		
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			in my Salah Make me more connected to
		
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			my dua Allow me to be more fluent
		
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			in my recitation of the Quran allow me
		
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			to wake up for tahajjud Oh Allah just
		
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			you want to go ahead and say allow
		
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			the effort that I make Be for the
		
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			dunya.
		
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			There's a beautiful dua of the Prophet that's
		
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			connected to this idea, which is Allahumma da
		
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			ta ja'al dunya akbara hummina wala mablaga
		
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			ilmina Right that oh Allah don't make the
		
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			dunya my greatest concern if the dunya becomes
		
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			my greatest concern What does that mean?
		
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			It means that the Dean Becomes a smaller
		
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			concern and here Imam Ghazali is saying make
		
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			dua to Allah that the dunya That the
		
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			greatest effort that you make is for the
		
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			religion and is for the tradition Wa alayka
		
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			tawakkulana wa i'timadina And oh Allah our trust
		
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			and our confidence is in you We ask
		
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			that you allow us to trust you with
		
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			every step we take, you know, they say
		
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			trust the process Oh Allah allow us to
		
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			trust the process We leave our tawakkul in
		
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			you and whatever happens Oh Allah, we know
		
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			that you're with us and you're guiding us
		
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			through it So this is that first passage.
		
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			I know I'm in a little over I
		
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			actually wanted him to continue but he was
		
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			cooking on high heat as they say So
		
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			inshallah, I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna continue
		
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			on and just kind of quickly go through
		
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			the middle passage I'm gonna let inshallah Shukran
		
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			finish us off with the ending which is
		
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			an incredibly beautiful dua So in the beginning
		
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			in throw in the middle Imam Ghazali Rahim
		
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			Allah, he actually says Allahumma Thabitna ala nahajil
		
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			istiqamati.
		
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			He says Oh Allah set us on the
		
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			path of istiqamah.
		
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			How do you translate istiqamah guys anybody?
		
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			What is istiqamah?
		
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			Yeah, very good sticking to something right being
		
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			consistent with something.
		
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			So subhanallah It's not enough.
		
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			Sometimes we ask ourselves like I want the
		
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			the ability to be steadfast on what I
		
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			do But again, I implore I ask do
		
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			you really want it badly if you don't
		
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			ask Allah for it Right, like everybody wants
		
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			to be patient Everybody wants to be pious
		
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			everybody wants to be generous Everybody wants to
		
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			be kind and courteous, but you have to
		
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			ask Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala for it It's
		
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			not just something that you feel that you
		
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			can create yourself I can't find my own
		
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			generosity within myself and this is why by
		
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			the way modern day Sometimes like the language
		
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			we find in modern day jargon It's very
		
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			very harmful why because people are made to
		
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			believe that like you intrinsically just have these
		
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			things, right?
		
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			No, you're you're kind you're courageous.
		
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			You're you're steadfast deep down No, even if
		
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			that may be true Even if you may
		
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			have that kind of like fitrah reality everybody
		
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			by the way Alhamdulillah Allah has created everybody
		
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			with goodness within themselves Yes But it is
		
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			not enough just to know that it lays
		
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			dormant within you You have to really ask
		
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			for it.
		
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			It's like when a person asks for help,
		
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			right?
		
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			Would you is there possibly somebody that can
		
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			walk by you and see that you're in
		
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			a time of need and you need help
		
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			and They can kind of just like find
		
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			it in themselves to help you sure But
		
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			what's the better manner the better manner is
		
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			I ask for the help, right?
		
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			Anybody ever been lost before and like a
		
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			grocery store or like a store or whatever
		
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			it may be and you're like Yeah, I
		
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			can just walk around Ikea for the next
		
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			two and a half hours.
		
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			There's no problem, right?
		
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			But then the person who's humble They're down
		
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			-to-earth They find it within themselves to
		
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			find that weird striped yellow and black shirt,
		
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			and they're like, hey Where are your spoons?
		
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			Can you find it amongst all of your
		
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			couches?
		
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			Right like so you subhanAllah the person who's
		
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			humble they ask Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala for
		
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			it, right?
		
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			It's the calamity and then it says the
		
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			Imam Ghazali's dua that he gets from the
		
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			Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam He says well,
		
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			I have enough it dunya min muji batty
		
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			nadamati yom al-qiyamati He says and protect
		
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			us in the world from causes of regret
		
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			in the day of judgments How many people
		
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			subhanAllah raise of hands how many people have
		
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			regrets in their life raise of hands?
		
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			Now, I know who the liars are.
		
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			I'm just kidding.
		
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			So SubhanAllah, there should not be one person
		
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			in this entire hall that has their hand
		
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			down.
		
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			I Have regrets.
		
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			I don't know man has regrets Instead of
		
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			the Rahman when he teaches Heartwork on Monday
		
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			nights every human being has regrets in their
		
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			life, right?
		
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			the difference is some regrets are crippling and
		
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			we never learn from them and Some regrets
		
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			we ask Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala to allow
		
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			us to learn from them What is the
		
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			famous hadith the prophets when he said that
		
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			a believer is not bitten from the same
		
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			hole twice?
		
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			Why is that hadith so powerful because it
		
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			teaches you that although that that first moment
		
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			you got bit Yes, it's a regretful moment.
		
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			But only is it regretful if the second
		
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			time you don't learn from it, right?
		
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			So every mistake you made and qari no
		
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			man reflected on the idea of mistakes of
		
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			the noob of sins But sins are there
		
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			and subhanAllah.
		
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			We got a powerful question.
		
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			I believe it was last time or maybe
		
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			the past Saturday Q&A How do I
		
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			know that how do I reconcile the idea
		
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			of sins when I sometimes learn from them,
		
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			right?
		
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			Like the mistake that I made maybe I
		
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			missed so many Salawat in my life now
		
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			in order to appreciate it now For me
		
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			personally, I don't think I think two truths
		
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			can exist at the same time You can
		
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			regret something but still actually learn from that
		
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			regret in your life, right?
		
00:38:11 --> 00:38:13
			I can regret the fact that I missed
		
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			so many beautiful moments of my life But
		
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			I can also take that moment of regret
		
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			and learn from it as well.
		
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			I can appreciate my Salah that much more,
		
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			right?
		
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			so that part the the Dua is asking
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala from protecting you from
		
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			in the world from causes of regret on
		
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			the day of Judgment and the regret on
		
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			the day of judgment will only be the
		
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			regret that you never actually learned from If
		
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			you learn from a regret in your life
		
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			And hamdulillah Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala allowed like
		
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			qari no man mentioned that your ending was
		
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			something that was good You learn from that
		
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			even that moment of weakness, okay But the
		
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			type of regrets that he's talking about here
		
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			is a type of regret that you never
		
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			come to terms with You never reflect on
		
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			it.
		
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			And this is why by the way subhanAllah
		
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			I want to share a personal piece of
		
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			brotherly advice.
		
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			Don't run away from your mistakes Don't run
		
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			away from your problems Y'all know the
		
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			whole like flight or fight like psychology thing
		
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			Where certain people when they see like a
		
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			conflict in front of them They just run
		
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			they flee as the Muslims who don't flee
		
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			like that Even if it's something that's difficult
		
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			for us to own up to we actually
		
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			address it head-on That maybe there's some
		
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			sort of hate from it, right?
		
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			And so then Imam Ghazali he continues and
		
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			he says Well, cough if I'm not thick
		
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			of that.
		
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			Oh, sorry He says and lighten the weight
		
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			of our sins subhanAllah.
		
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			Does he say nullify our sins?
		
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			He says well cough this Make it light,
		
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			you know subhanAllah sometimes like when you go
		
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			to a friend and you're like, yeah, I
		
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			messed up real bad and The friends like
		
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			what did you do?
		
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			And you're like I did this and this
		
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			and this and this right?
		
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			Some of you guys have friends were like
		
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			even if they murdered somebody but yeah, not
		
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			a big deal but subhanAllah think about going
		
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			to a friend and telling them you did
		
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			some crazy stuff and The friend saying oh,
		
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			you know what?
		
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			It's okay.
		
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			We'll figure it out.
		
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			We'll figure it out Well, I had a
		
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			team guys.
		
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			This is the type of response you want
		
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			from Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala on the Day
		
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			of Judgment Allahumma hasibna Hisabain yaseera.
		
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			Oh Allah do not take us to account
		
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			Give us an easy accounting Don't nitpick at
		
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			every small thing that I've done Khuffif lighten
		
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			the the burden from us the sins will
		
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			be heavy But subhanAllah look what Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala says in the Quran Right that
		
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			even the mountains on on that day Kala
		
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			'ahni'l-manfush They will be like cotton.
		
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			So if Allah has the ability to turn
		
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			mountains into cotton What do you think that
		
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			your sins will look like in front of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala if he wants to
		
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			forgive them?
		
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			So ask Allah for the lightening of your
		
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			sins and then he says Wa arzuqna eeshata
		
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			al-abrari He says and endow us with
		
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			the way of life.
		
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			That is Befitting of you ya Allah Make
		
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			everything that I do it in my life
		
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			pleasing to you Ya Allah do not allow
		
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			the way that I spend my days to
		
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			be displeasing to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala You're
		
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			asking Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala to be pleased
		
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			with your days To be pleased with the
		
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			way that you spend your money to be
		
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			pleased with the way that you go to
		
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			class to be pleased With your social hangouts.
		
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			I mean guys subhanAllah think about this Sometimes
		
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			we trivialize a lot of the circumstances in
		
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			our lives and we say oh, yeah It
		
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			was just a hangout with a friend It
		
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			was two hours that like, you know, this
		
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			the spot share tea or your gong shower,
		
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			whatever it is, right not big deal But
		
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			what if those two hours were extremely pleasing
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and what about
		
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			the opposite?
		
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			what if those two hours were two hours
		
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			in which you sat and you back bit
		
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			and you You talked about people in a
		
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			way that was displeasing to Allah so never
		
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			make too light Something that could be heavy
		
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			Okay, every moment is a chance to gain
		
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			the pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and
		
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			then he says something very powerful He says
		
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			well, okay Now what a sort of an
		
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			a shudder al-ashrari He says and restrain
		
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			us from and avert from us the evil
		
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			of the wicked Again, Allah does not say
		
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			that there will not be evil Evil will
		
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			be there evil will exist.
		
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			How many people in here subhanAllah have ever
		
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			had Conversations with people who may not believe
		
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			in any sort of religion and they're like
		
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			well if there is a god Why is
		
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			there evil in the world?
		
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			Y'all ever heard that before?
		
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			Yeah, if there is a god then why
		
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			is there people that rob and murder and
		
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			pillage?
		
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			Why are there people that do so many
		
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			evil things in the dunya as a believer?
		
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			You never believe that there is not there's
		
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			not evil in the dunya.
		
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			The evil is what makes the dunya the
		
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			dunya If there was no evil in this
		
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			dunya, you'd are be in Jannah You're already
		
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			be there you already made it but a
		
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			part of the dunya is to accept that
		
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			evil exists But what is the dua?
		
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			The dua is wa aqfina, sorry The dua
		
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			is wa aqfina wa asrif anna sharra al
		
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			-ashrari.
		
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			The dua is Oh Allah Restrain us and
		
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			avert us Never allow me to be a
		
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			part of that evil Never allow me to
		
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			be the the thing that I hated y
		
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			'all ever heard that phrase before never allow
		
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			me to be what I hate So when
		
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			you look at Gaza you look at Palestine
		
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			you look at the oppressors over there Never
		
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			up never become the oppressor in your own
		
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			life La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah
		
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			Think about the same people who make dua
		
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			to free the people of Palestine are Sometimes
		
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			the same people that are oppressing people in
		
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			their own families La hawla wa la quwwata
		
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			illa billah Ask Allah to protect you from
		
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			ever being something that you actually see that
		
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			is wrong around you The final part of
		
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			this dua is extremely powerful He says here
		
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			He then asks Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala Oh
		
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			Allah Free free and release our necks and
		
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			the necks of our fathers our mothers our
		
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			brothers and sisters from hellfire Can I share
		
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			one thing really with you guys before I
		
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			turn it over to Ghayn Oman?
		
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			This part of the dua is a reminder
		
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			to you and me to make dua for
		
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			your family Make dua for your family Sometimes
		
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			you know subhanAllah we think to ourselves Where
		
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			would we be if it wasn't for that
		
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			one dua of my mom?
		
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			And I'll tell you something you have made
		
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			more your mother has made more dua for
		
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			you than you can ever make up She
		
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			has spent hours making dua for you over
		
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			her own self Spent a little bit of
		
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			time making dua for your family members and
		
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			at the end.
		
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			He says the rahmatika Yeah, as he's yeah,
		
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			but far Only by your mercy.
		
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			Yeah, as he's yeah, but far only by
		
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			your mercy Allah You are the greatest and
		
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			you are look up for you are the
		
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			one who forgives and then he says yeah
		
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			Kareem Yes, that's our he says.
		
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			Oh the one who is the most noble.
		
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			Yes, that's our yes That's our is actually
		
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			very beautiful because Imam Ghazali Rahim Allah what
		
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			he's talking about here Yes, that's our is
		
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			the one who actually hides your sins so
		
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			after you kind of Vent to Allah about
		
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			how many sins you have and like are
		
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			you no man mentioned the idea of correcting
		
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			ourselves from those sins?
		
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			You're calling Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
		
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			Yes, that's our the one who hides the
		
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			sins It's like confessing to your friend that
		
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			you did something and then you tell your
		
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			friend.
		
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			Hey, please keep this between me and you
		
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			You know that level of trust that you
		
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			have with that person when you say hey
		
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			This is between me and you some of
		
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			you guys been burned by the way I
		
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			can tell on your faces, but when you
		
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			tell somebody hey keep this between me and
		
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			you When you tell that to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala, is there any doubt in your
		
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			mind that Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala will honor
		
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			you?
		
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			Subhanallah.
		
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			Allah is the one who wants to conceal
		
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			your sins We are the ones who actually
		
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			expose each other's sins.
		
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			Unfortunately, I read a villa.
		
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			We talked to other people Hey, did you
		
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			hear what they did?
		
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			Did you hear what she said?
		
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			Did you hear what he did?
		
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			Allah is the one that tries to conceal
		
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			it from people, right?
		
00:46:02 --> 00:46:03
			So ask Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala for that.
		
00:46:04 --> 00:46:07
			Yeah, I mean, yeah Jabbar, he says Oh
		
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			all-knowing and yeah Jabbar the one who
		
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			is capable of all things, right?
		
00:46:12 --> 00:46:14
			And so again, you notice how this dua
		
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			finishes with a beautiful kind of call-out
		
00:46:17 --> 00:46:19
			to all of the sifat of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala all of the names of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala You know when you go
		
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			to your parents or if you go to
		
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			a friend and you're like, hey Like you're
		
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			so so beautiful today Just so nice.
		
00:46:30 --> 00:46:30
			MashaAllah, right?
		
00:46:30 --> 00:46:31
			Like every time I talk to you, I
		
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			feel nice and warm Like what are you
		
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			doing at that moment?
		
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			You are talking to that person why because
		
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			you are telling them the things that you
		
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			love about them So when you speak to
		
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			Allah the lesson at the end of this
		
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			dua is never speak to Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala Purely from what you want.
		
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			Tell Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala why you love
		
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			him Ya rahmatika, ya rahmarrahimin, ya aziz, ya
		
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			ghaffar, ya jabbar, ya sattar, ya alim All
		
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			of these are our sifat, the descriptions of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala that he lives up
		
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			to Okay, so involve those in your duas.
		
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			InshaAllah Qari Sahib, you want to finish up
		
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			with the last one?
		
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			InshaAllah, beautiful reflections on Safi You know as
		
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			we say the names of Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala in our duas We're taught to use
		
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			the names that are connected to the specific
		
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			need that we have so if we're asking
		
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			Allah to cover us and not expose our
		
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			sins because of you know, the The darkness
		
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			around the evil that we've committed.
		
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			Oh Allah, ya sattar, forgive and cover our
		
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			sins So use the name that is relevant
		
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			to the ask that you have and then
		
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			he ends the last Concluding lines of the
		
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			text.
		
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			He says, ya allahu, ya allahu, ya Allah
		
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			It's like at the end of making after
		
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			all the dua, you're just like ya Allah
		
00:47:53 --> 00:47:55
			It's just I'm here and I need you
		
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			almost with a sense of desperation That if
		
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			you don't accept this then there is nowhere
		
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			that we can go.
		
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			Ya Allah, ya Allah, ya Allah The beautiful
		
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			name of Allah the most beautiful name of
		
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			Allah is Allah There is nothing that you
		
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			can use that's more powerful than that unique
		
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			name of Allah So make a habit of
		
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			saying that name often He says, ya rahmatika,
		
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			ya arham arrahimeen Almost by by your mercy.
		
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			Oh Allah We ask you by your mercy.
		
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			We seek from you by your mercy.
		
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			Ya arham arrahimeen The one the most merciful
		
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			of those who show mercy Allah is the
		
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			one who shows the most mercy And the
		
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			first of all those who came Allah is
		
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			the first with no one that came before
		
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			him And the last of all.
		
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			Allah will be the end No one will
		
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			be after him on the last day.
		
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			What will Allah command?
		
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			For the trumpet to be blown and for
		
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			everything to be destroyed on that day when
		
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			everything is Everything has perished.
		
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			He will say, li manil mulkul yawm Who
		
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			does all of what you own in the
		
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			world belong to today?
		
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			Where is it all?
		
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			Allah will ask this question when nobody is
		
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			around Lillahi al-wahid al-qahharinan Allah will
		
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			respond himself as a reality that all of
		
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			this belongs to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala And
		
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			then he says, ya dhal quwwati al-mateen
		
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			And oh Allah Referring to Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala as The one who has the most
		
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			power.
		
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			Oh Allah who is the Lord of power
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala who has might.
		
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			That Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala who can forgive
		
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			us and who can change the course of
		
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			our lives.
		
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			Wa ya arham al-masakeen.
		
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			And the one who shows the most mercy
		
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			to Those who are struggling, to those who
		
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			are homeless, to those who are poor This
		
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			is who Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala has most
		
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			mercy on, the needy Who all shows mercy
		
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			upon the needy?
		
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			Now you're thinking that way, the needy don't
		
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			have anything It doesn't really seem like Allah's
		
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			being merciful upon them No, Allah is the
		
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			one that shows him the most mercy The
		
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			reality is that we've neglected the needy and
		
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			we've forgotten the needy and we've turned our
		
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			backs on the needy When everyone else has
		
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			forgotten the poor and the weak and the
		
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			downtrodden, Allah is with those people That is
		
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			why the Prophet says to us that you
		
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			will find me with those people.
		
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			You will find me in their presence And
		
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			then he says Wa ya arham al-rahimeen.
		
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			And oh the most merciful of those who
		
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			show mercy La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni
		
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			kuntu min al-zalimeen He then brings the
		
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			du'a of Yunus alayhis-salam, the famous
		
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			du'a of Yunus when he was Swallowed
		
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			by the whale and Yunus alayhis-salam repeated
		
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			over and over and over again this du
		
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			'a La ilaha illa anta.
		
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			Oh Allah, there is no deity.
		
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			There is no God except you Subhanak, glory
		
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			be to you.
		
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			Inni kuntu min al-zalimeen.
		
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			I've wronged myself.
		
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			I've oppressed myself This du'a here, this
		
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			du'a of Yunus is a du'a
		
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			that I encourage everybody to recite regularly Anybody
		
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			who comes to me and says I need
		
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			a du'a for some challenges that I'm
		
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			experiencing.
		
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			I say recite the du'a of Yunus
		
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			Because it truly is a du'a that
		
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			opens doors for a person And then he
		
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			concludes wa sallallahu ala sayyidina Muhammad wa alihi
		
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			wa sahbihi ajma'een And may Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala Send his salutations and may
		
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			Allah bless the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			His family, his companions And then he says
		
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			walhamdulillahi rabbil alameen and all praise is due
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala The Lord
		
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			of the worlds.
		
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			He started the book With alhamdulillah and he
		
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			ends and he concludes his book and this
		
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			letter with alhamdulillah because for all of us
		
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			We start with the praise of Allah and
		
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			we end with the praise of Allah.
		
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			When we make du'a This is actually
		
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			one of the etiquettes that we start with
		
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			the praise of Allah We move to sending
		
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			salutations upon the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			and when we're wrapping up our du'a
		
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			we conclude with salawat upon the Prophet and
		
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			then we Thank Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			for everything that he has and with that
		
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			we Conclude this beautiful text.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that
		
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			he allows it to be a source of
		
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			forgiveness for us Allow it to be a
		
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			source of acceptance on behalf of its teacher
		
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			and all of the students that have been
		
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			benefiting May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Allow
		
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			us to implement all the beautiful advice that
		
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			has been shared by Imam Ghazali Allow us
		
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			to truly connect to Allah at a spiritual
		
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			level May Allah guide us and protect us
		
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			Allow us to achieve all that which we
		
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			hope to accomplish in this life and allow
		
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			us to Work towards greater success of the
		
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			hereafter.
		
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			May Allah protect us from harm and evil
		
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			May Allah protect us from loss and may
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala have mercy on
		
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			our parents May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			Reunite us with our loved ones.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us
		
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			to strengthen the ties of kinship May Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala put Baraka in our
		
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			health and our wealth May Allah forgive our
		
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			loved ones who have passed on and may
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive us for
		
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			any shortcomings In the study of this book
		
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			and may Allah accept the good of it
		
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			and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow
		
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			us to continue with our growth and our
		
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			learning and allow us to be consistent in
		
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			Attending all of these beautiful gatherings of remembrance
		
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			Oh Allah We ask you to bless us
		
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			with all the beautiful things that the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would ask for and
		
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			protect us from all The evil that the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is a protection
		
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			from subhana rabbi karbal izzati yama yasifoon wa
		
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			salamun ala al mursaleen walhamdulillahi rabbil alameen Barakallahu
		
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			feekum wa satsafi.
		
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			Jazakallahu khairan for teaching us.
		
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			Give a takbir for shaykh Give a round
		
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			of applause for him as well This is
		
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			I literally just went through Imam Ghazali's text
		
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			with you guys, so hum there's not it
		
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			was nothing for me We were literally reading
		
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			line by line.
		
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			Alhamdulillah Qari Noman masha'Allah for joining us
		
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			tonight.
		
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			Alhamdulillah We are going to be concluding soul
		
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			food for the year tonight inshallah because in
		
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			two days I'm leaving for the holy city
		
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			of Medina inshallah ta'ala.
		
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			I'm gonna keep all of you guys in
		
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			my doors inshallah wallah I remember you guys
		
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			very very vividly in my mind, even if
		
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			I don't know your name I know your
		
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			face so even when I'm at the Kaaba
		
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			I'm going to be making dua that oh
		
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			Allah Bless the person that was wearing this
		
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			that night and look like this that night
		
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			so inshallah It's going to be something that
		
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			is going to be very close to me
		
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			as I travel to the holy cities inshallah
		
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			So we're going to take a break inshallah
		
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			Next week we're not gonna have soul food.
		
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			We're going to kick back up inshallah the
		
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			Thursday after okay So it's going to be
		
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			I believe around New Year's like I think
		
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			it's like January 1st or so So inshallah,
		
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			we're gonna be picking back up on the
		
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			second and the next series is actually going
		
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			to be Profound duas from the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam and the other prophets leading
		
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			up to Ramadan Because Ramadan will be in
		
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			two months after we get back So the
		
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			next series is going to be the duas
		
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			of the prophets inshallah And how they can
		
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			lead us into the holy month of Ramadan
		
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			So this was just a little bit of
		
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			a teaser trailer mashallah the Qari Noman didn't
		
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			even know he was a part of so
		
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			Now he knows alhamdulillah So inshallah make dua
		
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			for Sheikh Noman and his family make dua
		
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			for each other and alhamdulillah Jazakumullahu khairan everybody
		
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			for being a part of this inshallah.
		
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			We'll see you guys in two weeks inshallah
		
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			All right assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh salatul isha is
		
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			going to be in about two minutes over
		
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			on the Qalam masjid side So inshallah, I
		
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			encourage everyone to go over and pray salah
		
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			in congregation.
		
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			Jazakumullahu khairan guys.
		
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			Assalamualaikum