Saif Morad – When Hate Turns To Love

Saif Morad
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The speaker discusses the upcoming return of the Prophet Muhammad to the region of Yamama, where he was sent to establish a truce with other nations. They also mention a letter sent by the Prophet to the throne of Afghanistan and a letter sent to the region ofitant Pennsylvania. Thumama tries to convince people to pray for him, but they refuse. Thumama eventually leaves the region and tries again, but the people still fear him. The conversation also touches on the importance of the Prophet's actions in shaping the region and their impact on society. The goal is to bring the real narrative to light and create a change in the narrative, creating a narrative that is not just a distraction but a change in the narrative.
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Alhamdulillah, nahmaduhu wa nasta'ainuhu wa nastaghfiruhu wa

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nu'minu bihi wa natawakkalu alayh.

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Indeed all praise belongs to Allah Subhanahu wa

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Ta'ala.

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We praise Him and we thank Him and

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we seek His forgiveness and we put our

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trust in Him.

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وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِن شُرُورِ أَنفُسِنَا وَمِن سَيِّئَاتِ عَمَالِنَا

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And we seek refuge in Allah Azza wa

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Jal from the evil inclination of our souls

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and from the negative consequences of our sins

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مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْهُ

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فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ Because whomsoever Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala guides none can misguide and whomsoever

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala misguides then none

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can bring them back وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ

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إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ

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مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ And I bear witness with

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full conviction that there is no one worthy

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of worship except Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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and that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is

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his last and final messenger يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ

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آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا

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وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ O you who believe, have that

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taqwa of Allah Azzawajal the way that He

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is meant to be revered and do not

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die except in the state of submission as

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Muslims يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُم

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مِّن نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا

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رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاءًا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَنُونَ بِهِ

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وَالْأَرْحَامِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا O people,

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O mankind, have that taqwa of Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala that God-consciousness, that mindfulness

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of Allah Azza wa Jal the one who

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has created you from a single soul and

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from him he created his spouse and from

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both of them he created many men and

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women and have that taqwa of Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala the one from whom you

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demand your mutual rights and those of kin

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because Allah Azza wa Jal is always watching

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over that which we do يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ

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آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ

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أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ

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فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا O you who believe,

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have that taqwa of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta

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'ala and say that which is just and

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the truth because if you do so, Allah

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Azza wa Jal will rectify your affairs and

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forgive your sins and whomsoever obeys Allah and

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His Messenger, then those are the ones who

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have achieved true victory أَمَا بَعْدْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ

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الْكَلَامُ اللَّهُ وَخَيْرَ الْهَدِيُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ

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وَسَلَّمْ وَشَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَتُهَا وَكُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَ وَكُلَّ

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بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَ وَكُلَّ ضَلَالَةٍ فِي النَّارِ My dear

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brothers and sisters, if we look at the

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seerah of the Prophet ﷺ after the treaty

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of Hudaybiyyah when there was a truce between

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the Meccans and the Prophet ﷺ this opened

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the path for the Prophet ﷺ now to

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invite other nations to Islam so he sent

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many letters to the Emperor of Rome, to

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the Emperor of Persia and one of those

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letters went to the region of Yamama this

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is what you would consider modern day Riyadh

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and from amongst the leaders of the people

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of Yamama is Thumama ibn Uthal he is

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one of the chiefs of the tribe of

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Banu Hanifa and as typical of them, they

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rejected the offer of the Prophet ﷺ nonetheless,

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one day it happened that Thumama ibn Uthal

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was going for Umrah and as he's passing

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by, the Prophet ﷺ had already sent a

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special ops unit towards the Najd area, towards

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the Riyadh area that was led by Muhammad

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ibn Maslamah on his way back from this

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expedition, he happens to run into Thumama and

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his small group of people that's with him

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now they know that this is hostile territory,

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this might be an enemy so they picked

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him up and they have no idea who

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they just picked up they bring him to

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the city of the Prophet ﷺ and they

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tie him to a pillar of the masjid

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and the Prophet ﷺ comes and he knows

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exactly who that is now this is a

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different era, you don't have newspapers, you don't

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have media the way that everyone knows who

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is somebody of importance but these people have

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probably never left Medina and if they did,

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there's no chance that they're going to that

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area and dealing with the likes of Thumama

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nonetheless, the Prophet ﷺ knew exactly who that

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was and he told them that this is

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Thumama ibn Uthal, the leader of the tribe

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of Banu Hanifa and he orders for him

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to be tied there and he leaves him

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there when it was time for food, they

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come, give him food when he needs to

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relieve himself, they let him go and the

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Prophet ﷺ comes and he asks him, ما

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عندك يا ثماما, what do you have?

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what are you thinking?

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what do you think is going to happen

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to you?

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so Thumama responds and he tells the Prophet

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ﷺ عندي خيد, that I have goodness in

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me ان تقتلني تقتل ذا دمي that if

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you were to kill me then you will

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kill somebody who has blood on their hands

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not only that but you'll also kill somebody

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whose blood is worth a lot that they're

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not just going to sit back and let

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you get away with this it's going to

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cause commotion ان تنعم تنعم على شاكر if

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you were to be grateful and let me

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go then you're going to be grateful to

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somebody who is going to reciprocate that gratitude

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وَإِن كُنتَ تُرِيدُ الْمَال and if it is

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money that you want فَسَلْ مِنْهُ مَا شَيْءٍ

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then ask for whatever you want, I'll give

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it to you the Prophet ﷺ leaves him,

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does not ask him anything else and he

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goes and he conducts his affairs and then

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he comes back the next day and he

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asks him the same thing ما عندك يا

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ثماما, what are you thinking about?

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tell me your thought process, what's going on?

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what do you think is going to happen

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with you?

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and he tells him the same thing ان

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تقتل تقتل ذا دمٍ if you kill me,

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you're going to kill somebody who has a

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lot of blood on his hands not only

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that, it's worth a lot as well if

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you honor me, you will honor somebody who

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is grateful and if it is money that

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you want ask for whatever you want the

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Prophet ﷺ leaves him, goes comes back the

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next day and asks him the exact same

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thing and he responds with the same way

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that if you were to kill me, you

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have the right to do so but it's

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going to cause a lot of problems if

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you are generous towards me you'll be generous

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to somebody who is going to be grateful

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to you and if you want money, then

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ask for whatever you want you'll get it

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the Prophet ﷺ has this high value prisoner

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in his custody and the Sahaba know exactly

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now who he is and what he's worth

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and what he's done to cause harm to

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the Muslims but after this, the Prophet ﷺ

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turns to them and he tells them, let

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go of Thumam let him go the Sahaba

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look at the Prophet ﷺ you can imagine

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that, ok, what's going on here why would

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he just let him go but they don't

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dare object to the order of the Prophet

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ﷺ and they let him go now Thumam

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leaves the Masjid and he goes to the

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area by the Baqi' which is the graveyard

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of Medina now before going to what happens

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next let's pull back a little bit he

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was in the Masjid of the Prophet ﷺ

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for three days the only thing the Prophet

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ﷺ asked him was what are you thinking

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what is he witnessing in those three days

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where is he, number one, the Masjid what

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is the role of the Masjid especially in

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that time the Masjid is the main hub

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of the Muslims everything in that community is

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happening inside the Masjid strategic plans are being

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made the Qur'an is being recited the

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worshippers are coming to the Masjid early for

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Salah the people of Sufah, the poor people

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who didn't have any family, any tribal backing

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had no resources to their name were living

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in the Masjid being honored and taken care

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of Bilal r.a, this is a tribalistic

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society he is a leader of a tribe

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and he notices Bilal coming in the mornings

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and different times going and giving the Adhan,

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the call to prayer how is this happening

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he is seeing something that is completely different

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the Qur'an, he is hearing the Qur

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'an being recited not only the Qur'an

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being recited but the Prophet ﷺ is reciting

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the Qur'an he is seeing poor, rich,

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old, young Arab, non-Arab everyone coming together

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and everyone loving and honoring one another not

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only that, he is the leader in himself

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he knows what it means to be respected

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what it means to be valued what it

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means to be held in high esteem because

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of his financial status his status within that

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community and he sees the Prophet ﷺ and

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he sees his house around the Masjid it's

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not that much probably this area here would

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be the size of the house of the

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Prophet ﷺ he sees him go in and

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out of that house he knows he doesn't

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have much to his name in terms of

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financial wealth but he sees a level of

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devotion love, respect that a leader of his

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status cannot command it's different because it is

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of divine origin it is Allah ﷻ that

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is sending them the Qur'an the Prophet

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ﷺ is engaging with the people he is

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showing them the true beauty of Islam and

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he is seeing this for three days everything

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that you can imagine is happening in the

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Masjid wedding contracts military strategy discussions about other

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things rectification between people the love of the

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companions to the Prophet ﷺ not only that,

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but the love of the Prophet ﷺ to

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his companions as well now does this impact

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him?

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somebody who has hatred for the deen of

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Islam he goes he takes a bath we

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could say and he comes back to the

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Masjid and he enters and you can imagine

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the faces of the Sahaba as they notice

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Thumama walking in why is he back?

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what is he going to do?

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is something going to happen here?

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and he approaches the Prophet ﷺ and he

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says أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأشهد

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أن محمداً عبده ورسوله that I bear witness

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that there is no one worthy of worship

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except Allah ﷻ and that you are his

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messenger ﷺ and he tells the Prophet ﷺ

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يا محمد ما كان على الأرض وجه أبغد

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إلي من وجهك that there was not a

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face on the face of this earth before

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this moment that was more hated to me

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I absolutely despise that face than your face

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فقد أصبح وجهك أحب الوجوه إلي but now

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your face has become the most beloved of

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faces to me and he said there was

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not a religion on the face of this

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earth that was more hated to me than

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your religion but now your religion is the

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most beloved to me and there was no

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city that I hated more that I wanted

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to get rid of than your city but

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now your city has become more beloved to

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me than all of the cities in the

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world and he said that when your people

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captured me I was going for Umrah what

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do you think I should do?

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the Prophet ﷺ tells him go and continue

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this journey so he goes to Makkah and

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he makes the call for Umrah the Talbiyah

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لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ

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now we know the Talbiyah the Quraish they

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would add something to it they would say

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لَا شَرِيْكَ لَكَ إِلَّا شَرِيْكُنْ هُوَ لَكَ تَمْلِكُهُ

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وَمَا مَلَكَ which translates into that when we

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say it we say Oh Allah we respond

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to this call you have no partner to

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you لَا شَرِيْكَ لَكَ absolutely no partner that

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belongs to you you own it and whatever

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it does as well so their declaration of

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shirk pretty much so Thumama he makes the

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Islamic call to Umrah and they hear this

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and you think they're just going to let

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him go that you're going to come you're

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going to dare come into our territory and

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then on top of that you're going to

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insult us by making this claim so they

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jumped on him now most people don't recognize

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who he is but the leaders they recognize

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what's going on here who is this person

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and they recognize Thumama so they go and

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they pull them off and tell him leave

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this person alone because he is from the

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leader of Yamama and that's where the grain

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comes to us and should he prevent it

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coming from us we're going to be destroyed

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so he tells them that Wallahi I am

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not going to let any grain any wheat

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come from Yamama except if the Prophet ﷺ

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gives permission so what he does is he

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puts an economic or trade embargo upon them

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and there's nothing there that Mecca has it's

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all desert they're dependent on that and he

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puts a wheat embargo upon them so

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Thumama puts this trade embargo upon them and

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they need that grain coming from Yamama is

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it going to impact them?

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oh it did they were going through such

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a difficult time that they sent a delegation

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and some narration said they wrote a letter

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to the Prophet ﷺ pleading with him to

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tell Thumama to lift this embargo and also

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using emotional blackmail that you know you command

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to be merciful to the people and you

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do this this this and it's your own

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people that are going through this difficulty and

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the Prophet ﷺ and this is the very

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same thing that they did to the Prophet

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ﷺ and his companions in Mecca but the

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Prophet ﷺ he tells Thumama to lift this

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embargo from them thus restoring the grain that

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was coming in there's two things that I

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want to highlight over here the first thing

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is the narrative that Thumama was witnessing the

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narrative that he had before he came to

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Medina was one of extreme hatred that this

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religion this way of life this man is

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coming and he's destroying our society the way

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that we know it this narrative that was

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created in his mind through hearing the different

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stories and different things that are going on

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shaped his perspective and his narrative but when

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he came to Medina and those three days

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that he spent there he saw the reality

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of the situation he saw the beauty of

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Islam he saw exactly who the Messenger ﷺ

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was he understood what the Qur'an was

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and he knew that it couldn't be except

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from Allah عز و جل so his narrative

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completely shifted because the truth was presented to

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him he saw how Islam is meant to

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be implemented how it's meant to be loved

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how it's meant to be lived between the

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companions how it transforms our society he actually

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saw that and that changed his narrative completely

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the question that we have to ask ourselves

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is that if non-Muslims were to come

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into our centers were to come into our

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homes would their perception be shifted?

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would their narrative change of how they look

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at Muslims?

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because there's a lot of money being spent

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to control the narrative and paint you and

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I in a very negative light so if

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they and their exposure is you and I

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in this world if they see us if

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they were to spend time with us would

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it peak their curiosity for them to be

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like, you know what?

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there's something different they don't seem like what

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the media is painting them to what the

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politicians are saying about them what the right

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-wingers are saying about them let me go

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and pick up the seerah of the Prophet

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ﷺ let me read and learn a little

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bit about Islam the second thing is the

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battle of narrative is extremely important as well

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because if we look at the situation in

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Gaza part of the narrative is painting them

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as less than human the media uses wordings

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very strategically settlers versus occupation self-defense versus

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terrorism this is not just like that it

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is purposely done, strategically done so that there's

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a narrative that is created about our brothers

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and sisters in Gaza and the Muslim world

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as well the change that happens is people

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have to wake up to the reality of

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the true narrative that's there and you and

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I have to show them when they woke

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up to that you saw the protests happening

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in the universities but it has to keep

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going what changed the course of the Vietnam

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war was exactly that American people woke up

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to the reality of the situation there while

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initially the idea of the threat of communism

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was a good idea but when they saw

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the reality of what's happening there and how

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long it's going and how many soldiers died

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there that okay what is the benefit of

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this why are we engaging in this war

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in the first place they put enough pressure

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on the government that it changed its stance

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and called the troops back and this has

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happened not only in South Africa the civil

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rights movement it comes to the population waking

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up changing the narrative showing the narrative in

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a different light the true narrative that's there

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and we also need to bring the true

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narrative to light as well that what is

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the reality of the situation there but sometimes

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you can't just enter a conversation and be

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like Israel this and Palestine that because as

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soon as a person hears that they get

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triggered and they create their own what their

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narrative is going to come back so we

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gotta be strategic as well and I'm not

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saying I have all the answers but one

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narrative is when you see something like the

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hurricane that just happened and such a big

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part of America or in North Carolina itself

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was damaged and you cannot send the money

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to help those people while you have billions

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to send to be utilized on innocent civilians

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what's going on here why is that the

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case if it's about America first and our

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interest then why isn't that money, that funding

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that is available it seems available that is

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there to go to them but why isn't

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it being sent here first change their perception

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get them to lower their barriers and that

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leads to them seeing a different narrative and

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we are an Ummah, we are a community

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we have people from all different walks of

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life different backgrounds, different education levels higher positions

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we gotta come together as an Ummah and

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form a strategy how can we put the

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minds together who can do what, who has

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the ability who has the skill set, who

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can teach who can educate, who can uplift

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the voices of the Ummah so that we

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create that narrative and we've seen this from

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time and time again the American people coming

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with their narrative pro-Israel, so pro-Zionist

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seeing the true narrative seeing the different perspective

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now changes their narrative completely from going from

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being pro-Israel because that's all they've been

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fed the whole time that's all they've been

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fed but when they see the other side

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they see the voices being amplified on social

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media then they get to see that other

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side and that wakes them up, like oh

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something's going on here, this isn't right, we

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need to put a stop to this and

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Sami Hamdi, he said that we look at

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the situation that okay, what can I really

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do we're about 1-2 million in this

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part of the world what can we really

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do the real change should come from the

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people who are overseas the people who have

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that power but just think of what he

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said, he said, why are these lobbyists why

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were they trying to ban TikTok in the

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first place what are they so afraid of

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who are they afraid of, why are they

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afraid of the public opinion so much that

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they're going to go to a society that

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boasts and say that we have freedom of

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speech, anyone can say whatever they want, but

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you want to ban a platform like TikTok

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you put shadow bans on accounts and Instagram

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why is that the case because they are

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afraid of the public opinion, because if it

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changes and there's enough pressure being put on

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them, it's only a matter of time before

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they have to put a stop to it

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may Allah give us the strength may He

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uplift the voices of the Ummah may He

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unite our hearts when it comes to our

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quest for truth and justice may He put

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an ease to the suffering of our brothers

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and sisters all across the world, may He

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give them goodness, may He put an end

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to this nonsensical war may He give goodness

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to the people of Gaza the people of

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Lebanon, the people of Syria the people of

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Sudan, the people of Bangladesh the people wherever

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they are that are going through a difficult

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time, may He put an ease to them

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may He also help the victims of the

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hurricane that were here, restore to them their

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way of life, may He give us goodness

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in this world and the next ...

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