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The importance of guidance and guidance for personal health is emphasized, along with the need for guidance for everyone, including family doctors and individuals. The speaker emphasizes the importance of trusting others, avoiding wasting time, and learning about one's feelings and desires to avoid wasting one's time. The speaker also advises avoiding small small decisions and not to be too close to leaders, and emphasizes the importance of learning and being judicious in learning about the Prophet salallahu wa sallam.

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			Respected elders, dear brothers and sisters, my young
		
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			friends.
		
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			30 years ago, if you wanted
		
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			to learn something from a scholar,
		
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			if you wanted to hear their speech, most
		
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			likely you would need access
		
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			to a cassette
		
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			that people would generally sell or they would
		
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			copy and pass around,
		
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			or perhaps you would need to visit them,
		
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			or if they were visiting your part of
		
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			town, you would go and you would sit
		
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			in their majlis, you would go and sit
		
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			in their gathering, and you would be able
		
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			to learn from them.
		
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			50 years ago,
		
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			if you wanted to learn,
		
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			perhaps you would find a book,
		
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			you would go to a bookstore
		
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			and you would find a book, or somebody
		
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			will share with you a book from a
		
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			scholar and you would learn from them by
		
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			reading from them.
		
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			A 100 years ago,
		
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			perhaps you would go and look for a
		
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			library
		
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			in a major Islamic city, in an Islamic
		
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			country,
		
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			in a Muslim country, and you would find
		
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			their books, and you would read from them,
		
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			or you would travel far and wide
		
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			taking a long journey by
		
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			camel or horse,
		
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			or maybe by ship, and you would be
		
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			able to go and meet the scholar.
		
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			A 1000 years ago
		
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			and beyond as was the case with Imam
		
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			al Bukhari rahmatullahi alaihe
		
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			traveled
		
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			thousands of kilometers
		
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			back and forth collecting a hadith.
		
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			And it is famously reported
		
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			with regards to Abu Ayyubalansari
		
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			radhiallahu anhu,
		
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			that he had heard
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam say something.
		
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			And he wanted to make sure, and he
		
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			wanted to confirm.
		
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			And the only other person,
		
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			the only other person who he believed had
		
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			heard it was Uqba ibn Amir radiAllahu anhu.
		
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			And Abu Ayyub ul Ansari radiAllahu anhu was
		
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			in Madinatul Manawara.
		
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			And Uqba ibn Amir radiAllahu anhu was in
		
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			Musar,
		
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			he was in Egypt.
		
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			So he took that journey of over a
		
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			1000 kilometers
		
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			to find Uqbat of Muhammad radiAllahu anhu to
		
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			be able to confirm this one hadith.
		
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			And that was the sole purpose of his
		
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			journey,
		
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			so that he could confirm that he had
		
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			also heard what he had heard himself or
		
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			what he believed that he had heard from
		
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			the prophet
		
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			So the entire trip was just for one
		
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			hadith.
		
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			Today,
		
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			you look for a hadith,
		
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			right? You have numerous hadith collections, forget even
		
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			about books,
		
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			right? They're all online
		
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			at your fingertips.
		
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			Today if you want to hear a scholar,
		
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			right? You simply go online,
		
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			you don't even need to come to the
		
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			masjid
		
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			because it's live streamed.
		
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			So you'll sit at home, or you'll sit
		
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			in your car, or wherever you are, and
		
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			you'll just watch the lecture live.
		
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			Right? If you have a question,
		
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			you want to know
		
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			something, I can't do a survey right now,
		
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			but generally when I ask people, Where's the
		
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			number one place you turn when you want
		
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			some knowledge about Islam? When you have a
		
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			question, you want a fatwa, you want some
		
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			information.
		
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			Where do you turn?
		
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			Most people,
		
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			first answer is YouTube,
		
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			second answer is Google,
		
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			or vice versa.
		
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			So nowadays we say that
		
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			YouTube has become a Sheikh,
		
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			Google has become a mufti,
		
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			and next thing you
		
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			know, you know, Chad GPT
		
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			and generative AI
		
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			will be al lama.
		
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			Everybody wants to know any knowledge, any question
		
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			you're gonna go and put it in. Yeah.
		
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			And they say that's a mark of the
		
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			scholar. It is said
		
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			that the true mark of a scholar,
		
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			and actually there's multiple signs which I will
		
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			discuss, inshaAllah.
		
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			But one of them is that he is
		
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			able to say or she is able to
		
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			say,
		
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			that I don't know. If they don't know
		
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			the answer to something.
		
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			So in this regard maybe
		
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			is not too bad, because sometimes if you
		
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			ask certain questions
		
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			doesn't want to answer. And says that, This
		
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			is beyond my scope, this is not something
		
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			that I'm trained to answer,
		
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			and will not give you the answer to
		
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			certain questions.
		
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			So this is actually a good trait. But
		
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			the point being my brothers and sisters, that
		
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			with so much knowledge available, so much information
		
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			we should say, not knowledge, so much information
		
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			available,
		
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			so rapidly
		
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			at our fingertips
		
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			through our devices,
		
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			what ends up happening? There's information overload.
		
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			What is there? There's information overload. So now
		
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			you go, you want to know, okay, you
		
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			know, you wanna ask a question. So, you
		
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			know, can I,
		
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			I don't know, can I shorten my prayers?
		
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			Can I shave? Can I trim my beard?
		
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			Can I, you know, is such and such
		
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			thing halal?
		
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			You know, is it, you know, is it
		
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			halal? It's a small cannabis or whatever, you
		
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			know, whatever question you have. So you go
		
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			and you type it into YouTube,
		
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			and it comes up with the whole list
		
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			of videos.
		
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			So now you start surfing, and you start,
		
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			you know, scanning, and you say, okay, let's
		
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			hear what this person says. And Sheikh XYZ,
		
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			he says something,
		
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			Sheikh Fala, he says something else. And then
		
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			some some speaker, he says something else. And
		
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			at the end of the day what ends
		
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			up happening, you end up being confused.
		
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			So there's such a wide spectrum
		
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			of views and approaches
		
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			with so many groups and so many segments
		
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			that sooner or later we realize that we
		
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			have a problem.
		
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			We have a problem because there's a question
		
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			that needs to be answered,
		
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			and we need guidance,
		
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			and it starts becoming
		
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			difficult to figure out
		
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			who we should actually
		
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			follow. Now the reality is is that every
		
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			single person needs to follow someone else when
		
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			it comes to their deen.
		
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			Every single person,
		
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			except for, you know, very few individuals.
		
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			We all are on the same boat, we
		
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			have to follow someone
		
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			when it comes to matters of deen particularly,
		
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			especially.
		
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			Okay. Because even the greatest of scholars
		
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			today, they also have mentors.
		
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			They also have
		
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			they also have
		
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			they also have scholars
		
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			that they turn to and look up to
		
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			for guidance as well. So everyone is needy
		
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			of
		
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			guidance, everyone is needy of assistance when it
		
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			comes to the knowledge of deen. Now when
		
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			it comes to our health,
		
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			everyone agrees that the best approach
		
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			is to have a family doctor
		
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			or to be signed up at a family
		
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			practice.
		
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			Why? Because they know our history, they know
		
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			our circumstances, they know our situation,
		
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			we know them, you know,
		
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			and you build trust,
		
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			right? And they're able to help us with
		
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			regards to our physical
		
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			health and sometimes our psychological health as well.
		
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			So similarly my brothers and sisters it is
		
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			important to know who to trust when we
		
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			are in need of religious guidance.
		
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			Right? So the question is who do I
		
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			follow? Because everyone looks and sounds like a
		
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			scholar,
		
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			everyone claims to be correct. Did you ever
		
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			come across a video where the speaker was
		
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			saying, actually don't watch my video because I'm
		
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			not sure, you know, I may be wrong
		
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			so you know, go and ask someone else.
		
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			Hardly ever.
		
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			Hardly ever you will come across someone who's
		
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			going to say
		
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			that I could be wrong, don't take what
		
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			I'm saying too seriously
		
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			because there's other people who know better than
		
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			me. Hardly ever.
		
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			Right. So most people, most groups will say
		
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			that we are the most correct,
		
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			we are upon the Haqq.
		
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			We are the one who are the closest
		
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			to the truth. So everyone is saying the
		
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			same thing,
		
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			right.
		
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			And if you try to follow everyone maybe
		
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			it'll work for some of the basic things
		
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			right? But at some point you end up,
		
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			actually many times you end up with contradictory
		
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			opinions,
		
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			conflicting positions,
		
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			differing messages.
		
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			So what do you base the decision on?
		
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			You don't have enough knowledge
		
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			on every single matter to judge
		
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			who is more closer to the truth, who
		
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			has stronger evidence,
		
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			right? So how do you figure this out?
		
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			And if I go with what is easier
		
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			simply because it is easy for me for
		
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			no other reason just that it is easier
		
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			for me I like an opinion.
		
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			I like the Sheikh because he says that
		
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			you know it's okay to do this sometimes
		
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			while everyone else says it is wrong. I
		
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			like the Sheikh because he allows certain things
		
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			which everyone else says is is haram. So
		
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			I'm just gonna go towards that because like
		
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			it feels good. I like it.
		
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			What happens then we end up following our
		
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			nafs,
		
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			we end up following our desires and this
		
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			is something that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has
		
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			prohibited us from doing, right? In different places
		
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			in the Quran but in the case of
		
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			Sayyidinaud alaihis salamahu wa sallamahu wa ta'ala is
		
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			addressing him
		
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			So if a person follows their whims and
		
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			their desires
		
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			and that is the basis for their decisions,
		
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			then eventually, sooner or later, they're gonna find
		
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			themselves off the track, off the path of
		
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			sirata mustaqim, the straight path, the path of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So for us as Muslims feelings and desires
		
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			cannot be the basis for making decisions
		
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			and this is why we don't buy into
		
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			this
		
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			ideology and this narrative
		
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			that we should do what we feel like.
		
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			That if you feel like,
		
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			you know, you're the wrong gender you go
		
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			and you change your gender. Why? Again, it's
		
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			the same principle. We don't base our decisions
		
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			on feelings and desires.
		
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			In fact, what we are taught most of
		
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			the time is to counteract
		
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			and go against our feelings and desires. Because
		
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			most of the time our desires and our
		
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			feelings,
		
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			they are coming from the wrong place or
		
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			they're leading us in the wrong direction.
		
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			Right? So generally the default
		
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			position is that the nafs will direct us
		
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			towards the things which are displeasing to Allah
		
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			Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Now of course if your nafs, mashAllah, has
		
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			become pure, it's good, and it's telling you
		
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			to come to the masjid, I'm not saying
		
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			you counteract that and you fight against it,
		
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			you say, no I'm not gonna go to
		
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			the masjid. Of course not. Okay? So if
		
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			it's telling you to do something good, then
		
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			alhamdulillah, that's great. But most of the time
		
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			generally our nafs is gonna tell us to
		
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			do the opposite of what is pleasing to
		
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			Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.
		
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			And therefore we do not
		
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			base our decisions
		
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			on our desires
		
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			and our feelings.
		
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			So that begs the question then how do
		
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			we figure this out?
		
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			Who do you go to?
		
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			How do you know
		
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			who you should turn to to seek knowledge?
		
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			Muhammad ibn Sirin Muhammadullah
		
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			famous quote of his,
		
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			This
		
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			is
		
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			the knowledge of deen.
		
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			This is a serious matter,
		
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			Right? This is not something light.
		
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			This is not like a decision where you're
		
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			like trying to figure out, okay, which car
		
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			should I buy? You know, which neighborhood should
		
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			I buy a home in? You know, is
		
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			this airline better or that airline better? You
		
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			know, like those are fairly trivial things.
		
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			Right? This has to do with our deen
		
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			and the deen has to do with our
		
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			hereafter.
		
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			Right? Which
		
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			is hugely consequential.
		
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			Right? Because it's forever.
		
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			Right? It has to do with the akhirah.
		
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			So you can't take this lightly.
		
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			He says look at, pay attention to who
		
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			you take your deen from. Don't just take
		
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			it from anyone. In today's world, in today's
		
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			time it means don't just scroll on the
		
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			internet,
		
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			right? And just find any opinion, find any
		
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			scholar, find someone who looks like a sheikh,
		
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			right? Someone who sounds like a sheikh,
		
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			right? Someone who acts like a sheikh,
		
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			someone who sounds like they know what they're
		
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			talking about, sometimes, you know, someone who sounds
		
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			really impressive, has the most likes, has the
		
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			most views and you just like take them
		
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			as your source because what are you basing
		
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			them on?
		
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			Right?
		
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			So
		
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			pay attention to who you take your deen
		
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			from.
		
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			Must be very meticulous and careful because it
		
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			is not a light matter.
		
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			Now there's a few ways, the real I'm
		
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			gonna share with you the real way of
		
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			figuring this out. Okay? And the real way
		
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			of figuring this out
		
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			takes time, it takes patience, it takes effort.
		
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			But if you go through the real
		
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			method of doing this, of figuring this out,
		
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			insha'Allah Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will guide you
		
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			and will make it easy for you. Okay.
		
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			So first of all,
		
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			read the Quran,
		
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			recite the Quran, read the Quran,
		
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			pay attention to the meaning
		
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			and note the qualities of the believers.
		
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			Note the qualities of the pious people.
		
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			Note the characteristics
		
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			that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala speaks highly about.
		
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			What What are the traits that Allah likes
		
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			in His servants? Okay. So the muttaqeen, the
		
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			mumineen,
		
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			you know the,
		
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			the, the siddiqeen, all the, you know, the
		
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			good categories of people Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			talks about,
		
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			note their qualities.
		
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			And also
		
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			the flip side, note the characteristics of all
		
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			the people that Allah
		
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			speaks lowly of.
		
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			The kuffar, the munafiqeen,
		
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			the mushrikeen,
		
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			the fasiteen.
		
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			So all the, you know, the bad people,
		
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			note their characteristics as well.
		
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			Secondly,
		
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			read the seerah, the biography of the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wasallam. You know, and there's different
		
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			reasons why people read the seerah. 1 is
		
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			for general knowledge, 1 is to find out,
		
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			you know, facts, timelines,
		
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			when things happened, you know, when certain incidents
		
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			took place and so on and so forth.
		
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			Okay? But that's not the purpose of reading
		
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			it with the angle that I'm suggesting you
		
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			read it with. But rather you read the
		
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			seerah of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
		
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			you read the books of hadith, you read
		
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			the narrations
		
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			simply to note his qualities,
		
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			his mannerisms
		
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			and his character.
		
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			Note the mannerisms,
		
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			their character
		
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			and the qualities
		
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			of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
		
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			How did he deal with people?
		
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			How were his interactions with different in different
		
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			situations?
		
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			How did he respond to people? How did
		
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			he deal with different types of people that
		
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			he he came across?
		
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			And then build a framework in your mind
		
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			of how he was.
		
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			Because of course if the prophet sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wasallam was here
		
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			with us, everyone would of course go to
		
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			him.
		
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			Right? All these YouTube channels will be will
		
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			be gone. Like nobody would care about anyone
		
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			on YouTube saying anything about Islam because the
		
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			prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam would be here and
		
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			everyone would go to him for guidance, you
		
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			know, all the dawil iftahas, all the fatuhas,
		
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			all the mufti, like everything would be done.
		
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			Right? We don't need any of that because
		
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			the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam was there. That's
		
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			what happened at the time of the prophet
		
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			salallahu alayhi wasalam. Right? Because the source is
		
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			there so you go directly to the source.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So if you were here
		
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			we would of course follow him directly
		
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			but because he is not with us we
		
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			try to follow the people who are closest
		
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			to him in every way
		
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			with regards to particularly
		
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			their belief
		
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			and their character and their mannerisms.
		
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			So you search for the scholars who are
		
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			the closest and as many ways as possible
		
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			to the Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam and
		
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			you follow them.
		
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			Now there's a number of qualities found in
		
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			the Quran and in the life of the
		
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			Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, but here are
		
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			here are some to use as filters and
		
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			Imam Al Ghazali has
		
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			written about this and here are some of
		
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			those filters that you can use. So number
		
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			1, under all conditions,
		
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			under all conditions,
		
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			you should wear a true expression of being
		
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			inspired with the fear of Allah Subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			says, truly
		
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			those,
		
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			those truly fear Allah among His servants
		
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			who have knowledge.
		
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			Okay. So the first thing to look for
		
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			is taqwa, is the fear of Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala. Now as I've mentioned before and
		
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			my dad says, we don't have a taqwa
		
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			meter that you can go close to someone
		
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			and you can see how much taqwa they
		
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			have. Right? It's not that simple. Okay? So
		
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			in the absence of a taqwa meter, right,
		
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			what do we base? Taqwa is in the
		
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			heart and is known by Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala.
		
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			But you look at the actions, you look
		
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			at the behavior of the person, you look
		
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			at
		
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			do they appear to be someone who behaves
		
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			in a manner that is God fearing? Right?
		
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			That has taqwa of Allah
		
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			that fears accountability in front of Allah
		
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			And this will impact many different areas and
		
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			you can see this if you pay attention
		
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			to how a person behaves. Secondly, an a'alim,
		
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			a true scholar is not one who tries
		
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			to acquire wealth through his learning.
		
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			He's not looking for worldly benefit,
		
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			not looking to get rich and to live
		
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			a life of luxury and extravagance
		
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			of the deen of Allah
		
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			So it's not about sign up for my
		
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			courses. It's not about subscribe to my channel
		
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			so that I can get more views and
		
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			I can get a bigger paycheck from YouTube.
		
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			That's not what it's about. Right? It's not
		
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			about raking in 1,000,000 of dollars by becoming
		
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			famous
		
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			and becoming like one of those creatures, you
		
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			know, they have helicopters nowadays down south especially
		
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			if you go to Texas, there's huge churches
		
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			and you know these some of these pastors
		
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			and people, you know, faith are flying in
		
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			helicopters and they're like, you know, we deserve
		
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			it because we're doing such great work for
		
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			for God.
		
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			Okay. That's not how it works.
		
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			Okay. So yes, they can be paid for
		
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			their time and their effort because they need
		
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			to survive of course in this world if
		
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			they're serving the deen of Allah Subhanahu wa
		
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			Ta'ala. So there's nothing wrong
		
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			in being paid for time and effort.
		
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			But to become rich
		
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			through the deen of Allah
		
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			this is not from the signs of the
		
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			true scholars.
		
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			The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said,
		
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			The scholars
		
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			are the heirs of the prophets, for the
		
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			prophets did not leave behind
		
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			dinars
		
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			or dirhamd. They did not leave behind wealth,
		
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			they left behind their knowledge.
		
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			Right? So the focus of the true scholars
		
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			is on knowledge, it's not on wealth.
		
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			That is not
		
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			their focus, that's not what they're about. Number
		
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			3, they have studied with deep insight, not
		
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			lightly,
		
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			the various branches of knowledge
		
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			from people who are known to be people
		
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			of knowledge
		
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			and piety.
		
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			So you're able to trash trace it down.
		
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			Who did they study from? Who were they
		
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			around?
		
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			Who taught them?
		
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			Right? Or did they learn just by watching
		
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			YouTube videos and then they started making their
		
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			own videos?
		
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			That's not how scholarship works.
		
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			Number 4, there should be no contradiction between
		
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			the knowledge and the practice of deen.
		
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			So when it comes to the knowledge that
		
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			a person has learned
		
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			and what they speak about and their practice,
		
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			it should be aligned. Because Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala
		
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			detests
		
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			the person who does not practice what they
		
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			preach. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala protect us
		
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			all and guide us.
		
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			Whoever is talking
		
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			has to try their best to also practice
		
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			what they preach so there should be no
		
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			contradiction.
		
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			Number 5. They should be least interested in
		
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			the elegance of dress or delicacies
		
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			of food.
		
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			The superficial things should not attract them. They
		
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			should not be engrossed and be infatuated by
		
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			the superficial.
		
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			Always right about having nice food, you know,
		
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			looking very nice and sharp and very, you
		
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			know, focused on these superficial things. This is
		
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			not from the science of the true scholars.
		
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			Number 6. Without any necessity,
		
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			keep away from the rulers. From
		
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			the from the the the today's terms you
		
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			would say politicians
		
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			and rulers, and never visit them.
		
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			Why? Because being too close can be a
		
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			source of fitna and
		
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			they can become influenced.
		
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			So this is from the science of the
		
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			true scholars that they keep a distance from
		
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			those
		
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			who are in leadership positions
		
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			of rulers, heads of state, you know, people
		
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			of position. They keep their distance. Yes, if
		
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			there's a necessity, of course, they interact but
		
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			otherwise they don't they're not always surrounding them
		
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			and hanging around them,
		
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			doing their tawaf, you know, because they always
		
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			want something from them. No. This is not
		
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			from the science of the true scholars.
		
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			Number 7, they do not take hasty decisions
		
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			when giving verdicts and religious law. When it
		
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			comes to giving fatawah, they don't
		
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			take quick decisions,
		
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			and they're very careful when giving advice on
		
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			religious matters.
		
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			You know, they're not ashamed of admitting their
		
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			ignorance
		
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			on a matter. They don't rush into something
		
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			haram haram haram.
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala warns us not to
		
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			be of those people who place lies upon
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala by saying this is
		
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			halal, this is haram, this is haram, this
		
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			is haram.
		
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			Right? So yes, if something truly is
		
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			halal and haram and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			has made it clear, then yes, they should
		
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			say that. But it's not something that they
		
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			just throw on around lightly and they take
		
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			lightly because it has to do with what
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has mandated as being
		
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			halal and being haram, so they are careful
		
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			when it comes to giving
		
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			verdicts.
		
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			It is reported from Nimasud radiAllahu Anhu. Whoever
		
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			knows then must speak, and whoever does not
		
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			know then must say, I don't know. Because
		
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			to say this, to say I don't know
		
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			is a part of knowledge, is a part
		
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			of ilnu.
		
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			Finally, of course they follow what is obligatory,
		
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			they value the sunnah, they stay away from
		
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			the haram, and the undesirable, and the dubious,
		
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			and blameworthy actions.
		
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			They are, you know, good hearted, they always
		
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			want to do what is good,
		
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			and to do what is right. They don't
		
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			fight unnecessarily,
		
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			you
		
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			know, and get into debates to show off
		
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			their knowledge
		
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			just to defeat others.
		
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			They're not proud of their knowledge, they're not
		
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			arrogant, and these are basic things,
		
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			Right? They have respect for others even in
		
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			disagreement, they don't mock others, they don't backbite
		
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			others. You know, our Anima or scholars, and
		
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			when I say our, I mean in a
		
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			very broad sense.
		
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			The true scholars of this ummah,
		
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			even when they had the greatest of disagreements
		
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			amongst themselves,
		
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			they were still respectful.
		
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			They spoke highly of each other and they
		
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			respected one another even though they disagreed on
		
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			many things.
		
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			If you see someone who is demeaning others,
		
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			who is mocking others, who is putting others
		
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			down,
		
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			who is making fun of scholars
		
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			or people of knowledge,
		
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			then know that this person is toxic
		
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			and you should not be taking your deen
		
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			from them.
		
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			Finally my brothers and sisters,
		
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			I'll end with a couple of hadith from
		
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			the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
		
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			Prophet said,
		
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			That Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala does not withhold
		
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			knowledge by snatching it away from His servants,
		
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			but rather what does He do? He withholds
		
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			knowledge by taking the souls of the scholars
		
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			until no scholar remains.
		
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			And people follow
		
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			ignorant
		
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			leaders.
		
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			They are asked and they issue judgments without
		
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			knowledge, and thus they are astray and lead
		
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			others astray. We are in this process of
		
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			having knowledge lifted.
		
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			Every time a scholar passes away,
		
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			that is one less source of true knowledge
		
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			and one opportunity for someone ignorant to fill
		
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			their shoes.
		
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			I'm not saying necessarily that the person who
		
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			replaces them is ignorant, but overall
		
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			it creates a vacuum and the people who
		
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			are ignorant, they step up. So be careful
		
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			about the knowledge of deen. Secondly,
		
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			from Umar
		
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			who is reported to have said that, Verily
		
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			what I fear most for this nation
		
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			is a learned hypocrite. (QS. 1:5) Inna aqwa
		
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			from aaqafu alaha dil umma almunafiqulalim.
		
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			Almunafiq
		
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			alaalim, a learned hypocrite. So it was said
		
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			to him that how is he a learned
		
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			hypocrite? Like how could someone be learned but
		
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			still be a hypocrite? So Umar
		
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			says, He is learned with his tongue but
		
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			he is ignorant
		
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			of the heart
		
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			and the good deeds. My brothers and sisters,
		
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			the point being let us be careful about
		
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			who we take our deen from,
		
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			be judicious,
		
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			be careful,
		
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			learn about the true traits of the prop
		
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			the characteristic of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam and the true traits of the ulema
		
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			and do not fall for clickbait,
		
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			don't fall for
		
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			people who are trying to misguide others or
		
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			who are simply trying to make money for
		
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			the for
		
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			from the deen of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Be judicious and be careful because this has
		
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			to do with your akhirah. May Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala