Sikander Hashmi – Be Patient Beautiful Patience KMA Friday Message

Sikander Hashmi
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The speaker discusses the loss of graduates and the difficulties of graduates returning to normal, as well as the loss of graduates and their inability to attend events due to pandemic restrictions. They emphasize the importance of patience and avoiding sins and acts of disconnection, as it is essential to healing. The speaker also emphasizes the need to exercise patience and perseverance in avoiding sin and living in a culture of comfort. The importance of patient and remaining mindful of one's actions is also emphasized. The pandemic is a unique and unprecedented time and the importance of embracing and embracing the decree of Islam is emphasized.

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			Begin by praising Allah
		
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			the lord of the universe,
		
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			our sustainer,
		
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			our nourisher,
		
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			the one who is in control
		
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			of all affairs,
		
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			and the one who is our creator,
		
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			the creator
		
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			of the universe, and of everything that exists.
		
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			And we also begin by sending peace and
		
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			salutations
		
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			upon his beloved messenger,
		
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			Muhammad,
		
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			the son of Abdullah
		
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			My brothers and sisters,
		
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			I pray that you are all well
		
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			and that you are all safe
		
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			by the mercy of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Summer
		
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			is in full swing.
		
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			It's been almost 4 months now. Can you
		
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			believe it? Since the pandemic started impacting us.
		
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			Subhanallah.
		
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			And we have been
		
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			impacted
		
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			in different ways, of course.
		
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			1st, so I'm gonna take you back a
		
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			little bit,
		
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			today.
		
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			You know, sometimes there is benefit
		
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			in, in reminding. Actually, Allah
		
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			says remind one another because indeed there is
		
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			benefit
		
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			for the believers in reminders.
		
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			So the or the believers benefit from the
		
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			reminders. Right? So,
		
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			this is a reminder for myself and for
		
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			all of us because also as human beings,
		
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			we tend to forget.
		
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			We tend to forget and we tend to
		
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			forget very, very quick.
		
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			So that is why, it's good to have
		
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			reminders from time to time of our journey
		
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			up to this point. So
		
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			first, the loss of congregational Friday prayers
		
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			and daily prayers, which
		
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			are back,
		
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			to, a certain extent or to a great
		
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			And this, by the way, started March 13th.
		
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			Right? And still remember,
		
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			March 13th, 14th was the beginning of March
		
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			break
		
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			and,
		
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			things were happening so quickly at that time.
		
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			Right? First, you know, things were calm to
		
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			certain to a certain degree
		
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			and,
		
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			we had had a couple of discussions,
		
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			you know, Friday messages at the witchcraft refugee
		
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			complex about the pandemic, about its potential impacts.
		
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			We had, that, graphic that was also shared
		
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			and posted
		
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			on how to protect ourselves from COVID 19.
		
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			Seems like such a long time ago. Right?
		
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			But that was
		
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			in the middle of March.
		
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			And,
		
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			then, of course, came the loss of the
		
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			holidays and vacations and activities in March break.
		
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			And that was a big blow, especially to
		
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			many of my young friends. And to be
		
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			honest, even to myself because I'm a person
		
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			who likes to go out and about,
		
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			and, who likes to take a break from
		
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			time to time.
		
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			And those, you know, restrictions, those losses,
		
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			of holidays, vacations, and activities,
		
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			still continue for the most part now.
		
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			But on a more serious note, of course,
		
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			individual families have experienced the loss of loved
		
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			ones
		
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			during this time, which has been even more,
		
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			difficult under these circumstances. It's difficult already, but
		
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			in these circumstances, even more so.
		
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			And in many cases,
		
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			their loved ones who passed away overseas
		
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			or across borders,
		
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			and family members have been unable to travel
		
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			to be with their loved ones
		
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			and even to attend
		
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			funerals.
		
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			Or perhaps their loved ones were
		
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			in long term care facilities,
		
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			and they were unable to be with them
		
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			during their final moments. Right? They had,
		
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			their elders were, were living in long term
		
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			care facilities perhaps because they needed, greater,
		
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			level of care which the family was not
		
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			able to provide in many instances.
		
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			But they would go and visit their parents,
		
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			their grandparents regularly.
		
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			This came all of a sudden and they
		
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			were not able to meet them,
		
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			and many of the loved ones passed away
		
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			in in in that way. And that was
		
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			very, very difficult,
		
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			for for for for many for many of
		
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			those families.
		
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			And even funerals here have been very limited
		
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			as well. So few opportunities
		
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			to gather together to make dua and to
		
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			offer comfort,
		
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			physically, which of course is a very important
		
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			part of healing. But at the end of
		
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			the day, it's Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala who
		
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			heals the hearts. It's Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			who grants comfort
		
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			ultimately to the grieving hearts,
		
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			and no amount of words or or hugs,
		
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			can can make that happen. But of course
		
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			it helps. So that has that is something
		
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			also that has been felt. May Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala
		
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			grant, Jonathan for those,
		
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			and and forgiveness to all of those who
		
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			have passed away. May Allah
		
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			grant comfort
		
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			to the hearts of their loved ones.
		
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			Others have spent days, perhaps weeks, even more
		
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			than a month taking care of ill relatives
		
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			as well during these circumstances.
		
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			Very, very challenging.
		
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			If you remember, Ramadan passed
		
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			less than,
		
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			70 days ago. Right? Ramadan passed
		
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			without any prayers together. Right? Without any salah
		
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			in the masjid or Musa
		
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			Allah. Without any salaween congregation.
		
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			And of course, Eid was also very different
		
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			with our,
		
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			you know,
		
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			praying salah at home and gathering for the
		
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			Eid gathering.
		
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			The driving, the eve gathering. So that was
		
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			very unique as well, of course.
		
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			Difficult circumstances at home
		
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			with school and work online. Right? So all
		
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			family members together for extended periods of time,
		
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			everyone using Internet,
		
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			you know, perhaps some families lined up spaces
		
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			in the in the house, not enough rooms
		
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			to have quiet spaces,
		
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			everyone in each other's faces.
		
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			So that was quite challenging as well. And
		
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			now we have continued restrictions on gatherings and
		
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			on certain types of travel.
		
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			And also now, of course, the mandatory wearing
		
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			of masks indoors as you see me wearing
		
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			right now. Now in every instance, in each
		
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			of these instances, my brothers and sisters, we
		
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			have had to be patient.
		
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			We have had to be
		
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			persevering patiently, and there was no other option.
		
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			Right? What what are you gonna do? There's
		
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			a situation that is out of your control.
		
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			There's a situation that
		
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			you cannot change.
		
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			Right? Like, you cannot change the circumstances.
		
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			So there is no option but
		
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			to exercise Saba, to exercise
		
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			patience
		
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			and perseverance.
		
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			Now according to
		
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			ma'am Umar Khayyim
		
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			in his work,
		
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			patience
		
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			is divided
		
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			into 3 components.
		
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			So there's 3 elements
		
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			or 3 divisions
		
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			to patience or 3 components
		
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			to patience,
		
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			The Sabr. The first one is
		
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			patience in worshiping Allah
		
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			and in adhering to His commands.
		
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			So patience
		
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			in the obedience of Allah
		
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			Patience in
		
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			adhering to the commands of Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala.
		
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			The second,
		
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			patience in avoiding sins and acts of disobedience.
		
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			Right? So being patient and persevering
		
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			in avoiding sins
		
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			and acts which are displeasing to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			And
		
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			the last one,
		
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			The patience
		
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			with the degree with the decree
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and calamities and
		
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			trials.
		
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			Right? So 3 divisions, 3 categories, or 3
		
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			types
		
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			of patience that are required from us. So
		
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			patience in worshiping Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and
		
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			adhering to his commands,
		
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			patience in avoiding sins and acts of disobedience,
		
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			and patience with the decree of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala
		
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			and calamities. Now regarding the first aspect of
		
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			patience,
		
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			it is to have perseverance
		
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			and fulfilling the obligations of, of, of Islam
		
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			that Allah and his messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam
		
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			have instructed us to do. So for example,
		
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			you know, of course, the obligation is the
		
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			prayers,
		
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			giving
		
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			fasting, right, as an example.
		
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			We may not feel like doing it. It
		
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			may cause us discomfort,
		
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			especially nowadays when the days are long, where
		
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			the longest days of the year.
		
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			Very, very early.
		
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			Right?
		
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			The latest that it gets.
		
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			And especially when Ramadan was coming in these
		
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			times, now Ramadan
		
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			has moved into the spring and the days
		
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			will be getting shorter. Ramadan fast will be
		
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			getting shorter.
		
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			So, you know, that is, something that will
		
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			become easier for us, inshallah.
		
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			But that is, of course, something that can
		
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			be very, very challenging and can be quite
		
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			as struggle.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Charity as well. Right? When we give, it
		
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			may be difficult for us
		
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			to to,
		
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			let go of our wealth. It may be
		
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			difficult for us to give,
		
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			and to help others to please. But,
		
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			you know, it may be difficult, but we
		
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			persevere because it is the command of our
		
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			rock. And that is what being Muslim is
		
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			about, to be honest. Right? Muslim
		
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			is to submit to Allah to
		
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			submit to the will of Allah
		
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			to the commands of Allah
		
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			So so that submission
		
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			is not necessarily
		
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			something that is going to be easy,
		
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			but we persevere in doing that. We continue
		
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			with the struggle in doing that. So, yes,
		
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			it may be difficult to wake up for
		
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			sunnahul fajr in the morning, but we make
		
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			it work. Of course, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			makes it work for us, but we have
		
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			the intention and we make the efforts. Right?
		
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			There may be challenges now. Again, alhamdulillah, most
		
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			many people are working from home. Others may
		
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			or, of course, are having to go to
		
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			work.
		
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			Schools are off right now, but, you know,
		
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			there are times when things can get very
		
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			challenging. And again, we talk about fasting. Right?
		
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			When you are having to go to work
		
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			in the morning, you have to go to
		
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			school, maybe you have some sort of, you
		
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			know, physical activity to do. The days may
		
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			be hot. The days may be long. So
		
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			there's quite a bit of exertion
		
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			and, you know, there it it's not easy.
		
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			But you persevere and you continue to be
		
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			patient in following the commands of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala. So this is the first category
		
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			or the first element or first aspect of
		
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			patience.
		
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			The second aspect of patience
		
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			is to be diligent in avoiding sins
		
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			and acts of disobedience against Allah's command. Allah's
		
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			guidance and command and that of his messenger
		
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			salallahu alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			Right? So being patient and persevering
		
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			and diligently avoiding
		
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			sins and acts of disobedience.
		
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			Right? Which are displeasing to Allah
		
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			which go against command of Allah and his
		
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			messenger. Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
		
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			Right? And this also may not be easy
		
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			at times. In fact, it can be very
		
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			very difficult. Right? Because first of all, in
		
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			all circumstances, in all situations,
		
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			we have our temptations.
		
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			Right? We have our nafs
		
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			inside of us already that is
		
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			inclined
		
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			generally towards evil. Right? The default setting is
		
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			that it is inclined towards doing things
		
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			which it enjoys,
		
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			which normally are the things which are displeasing
		
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			to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Right? So we have that inside of us
		
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			regardless of where we are. Unless we work
		
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			hard, unless we struggle against our nafs, unless
		
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			we tame our nafs. It's like a wild
		
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			horse.
		
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			Right? It's a wild horse. It has to
		
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			be tamed
		
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			And until we tame it, it's gonna continue
		
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			to command,
		
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			in a an also a matter. Right? It
		
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			will continue to
		
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			command us to do evil or desire to
		
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			do evil. So we have that inside of
		
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			us already. Then, of course, we are faced
		
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			with marketing.
		
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			Right. There is nowhere that you can go
		
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			pretty much today. And many of us are
		
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			online. Right? Of course, you're watching online as
		
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			well. You know, that you will be faced
		
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			with art and with ads. Right?
		
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			You will be seeing ads.
		
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			And many times they will be targeted to
		
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			your choices. They will be targeted to your
		
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			gender. They will be targeted to your age.
		
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			Right? So meaning that they will be targeted
		
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			to your enoughs.
		
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			The ads will be targeted to your enoughs.
		
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			The things that you are likely to be
		
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			inclined towards, the things that you are likely
		
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			to be,
		
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			desiring, those are the things that will be
		
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			promoted to you in marketing. So you go
		
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			on YouTube, you go on Facebook,
		
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			you go on Instagram, you go on any
		
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			website even because they're all part of the
		
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			same network. Facebook ad network, Google ad network.
		
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			And all the information, all the data is
		
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			there unless you turn it off. Right? Even
		
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			then, it'll be showing things that people generally
		
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			want. Right? So it will be attacking you,
		
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			meaning it will be tempting you.
		
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			So that is there all the time.
		
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			The struggle is real and the struggle is
		
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			there. And then, of course, much of it
		
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			has to do with the gaze. And whether
		
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			you are online,
		
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			it has to do with the gaze. What
		
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			are you looking at? What is the type
		
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			of material, the type of videos, the type
		
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			of pictures?
		
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			Nowadays you're on
		
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			TikTok. Yeah. So what are you watching?
		
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			And Allah is gonna ask you about that.
		
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			Right? Are you restraining yourself?
		
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			Are you restraining yourself? Are you trying to
		
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			protect yourself
		
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			from watching things which are
		
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			displeasing to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So the
		
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			gaze is a big one. Right? So whether
		
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			you're online,
		
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			that is a struggle. Okay? Nowadays in the
		
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			summertime, of course, you go outside,
		
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			you go to the park. Right? You wanna
		
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			go with your family, take a break, go
		
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			for a walk. Then again, the gaze is
		
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			an issue. Right? Because,
		
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			of course, people are dressed in a manner
		
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			which
		
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			is, displeasing to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala or
		
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			against the guidance of Allah and his messenger
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, which appeals to
		
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			our our,
		
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			temptations many times, at least for some some
		
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			people,
		
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			and that is his struggle.
		
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			Right? That is his struggle. So, I mean,
		
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			you need to look to go up to
		
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			drive. Right? But that is his struggle.
		
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			Right? The first gaze.
		
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			Right? The first gaze
		
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			is forgiven. Right? That's what the prophet told
		
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			us. The first gaze of looking at something
		
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			which is prohibited
		
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			is
		
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			forgiven, but that's provided that you turn away
		
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			right away. Right? Doesn't mean that you extend
		
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			the first one for as long as you
		
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			can so that, you know, the second one
		
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			then you don't have to worry about looking
		
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			again. Right? So that's not the meaning. Okay?
		
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			So the gaze is a struggle. Then we
		
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			have
		
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			peer pressure.
		
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			Right? Peer pressure from society, from friends,
		
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			from family
		
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			to behave in certain ways, to do certain
		
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			things, to adopt certain lifestyles.
		
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			And many times, elements of those lifestyles
		
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			maybe not in accordance with the guidance of
		
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			Allah and his messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			So there's great struggle there. There's great patience
		
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			and perseverance there.
		
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			Right? When it comes to dressing, right, that's
		
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			a big one as well because, of course,
		
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			in Islam, there's a dress code.
		
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			The messenger of Allah
		
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			has had given us a dress code
		
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			that
		
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			is good for us and that we should
		
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			be following. Right? And that becomes a struggle,
		
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			especially in the heat. Right? For our sisters,
		
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			you know, I gave, I gave great,
		
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			kudos to our sisters
		
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			who wear the hijab, who cover themselves even
		
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			sometimes.
		
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			And maybe it's not perfect, but even sometimes
		
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			it's a bit struggle. It's not something which
		
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			is easy, especially in the heat, especially in
		
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			society when people are looking at you. You
		
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			know, I've said this before as well that
		
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			the brothers and the men are generally able
		
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			to blend in, Right? To a certain extent.
		
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			Right? Depending on how you look like, depending
		
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			on how you dress. But for the most
		
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			part, you can blend in better than a
		
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			sister who's wearing that hijab. Where a sister
		
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			who's wearing a bias. Sister who's wearing a
		
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			pop. Sister who is covered. Right? So that
		
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			is something which is extremely, extremely challenging.
		
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			Right? And that is, you know, sisters are
		
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			putting the themselves out there in front of
		
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			everyone, identifying themselves as Muslims, and the brothers
		
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			may not even be doing that. Right? So
		
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			there's great pressure with regards to that as
		
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			well.
		
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			You know?
		
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			Nowadays, you know, some of peer pressure, you
		
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			have social influencers.
		
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			People who have built problems online.
		
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			Social influencers. They influence people online.
		
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			And if they influence people to do good,
		
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			then that is amazing. Right? That's great. Right?
		
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			We should all be positive influences.
		
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			We should all be influencers of positivity of
		
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			good, of getting people towards the law and
		
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			his messenger
		
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			to become better people, to be good to
		
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			one another. Now,
		
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			Right? Hurting people towards the truth, towards patience.
		
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			So these are things which are good, and
		
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			we should all be influencing others to do
		
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			good.
		
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			That's what it's about. Right? Influencing people
		
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			influencing others, people around us to do good,
		
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			to be positive,
		
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			and
		
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			and stopping them. Right? Discouraging them from that
		
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			which is equal and that which is prohibited.
		
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			But what happens social influencers, people start following
		
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			them. Right? Because of their content, because of,
		
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			you know, whatever material it is that they're
		
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			producing. Sometimes it's interesting for the right reasons.
		
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			Sometimes it's interesting for the wrong reasons.
		
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			So it depends.
		
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			But somehow they start doing things which impact
		
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			them personally with regards to their needs. So
		
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			for example, if they are sisters or social
		
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			influencers,
		
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			right, and there's a large following on Instagram
		
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			or on YouTube
		
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			or Facebook,
		
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			and there's a trend now that some of
		
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			them start taking off the hijab.
		
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			They're no longer wearing the hijab. They used
		
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			to before.
		
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			Right? Now for them, that's a personal decision.
		
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			Right? It's an obligation from Allah
		
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			But it's a personal decision that for whatever
		
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			reason, you know, they decide to take it
		
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			off and we we don't judge them. Allah
		
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			will judge them for the decisions and and
		
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			and and, you know, and all of us
		
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			indeed for all of our individual acts. But
		
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			when we are influencers,
		
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			this starts having an impact on others as
		
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			well.
		
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			Right? Somebody who was maybe on the borderline
		
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			of doing something good, when they see someone
		
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			with influence,
		
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			stopping doing that or when they start, you
		
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			know, changing and going towards that which is
		
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			not in conformance with the guidance of Allah
		
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			and his messenger
		
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			then it becomes
		
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			more it gives encouragement to others to not
		
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			do that as well or or, like, to
		
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			do the to follow in their footsteps. Right?
		
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			And this is something that we have to
		
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			be very, very careful about. If you have
		
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			a following, if people look up to you,
		
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			people are following you in different ways. You
		
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			have to be very, very careful. Right? Because
		
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			you're accountable.
		
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			So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, not just for
		
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			your actions, but we are also accountable for
		
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			the impact of our actions. Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala protecting that as well.
		
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			Right? Then
		
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			we have peer pressure with regards to things
		
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			like drugs,
		
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			getting involved in haram behaviors, right, haram activities,
		
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			and all of these.
		
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			To stay away from them is not easy.
		
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			It's not easy. Right? It's difficult. But this
		
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			is also a part of the second element
		
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			of salah, which is patiently persevering
		
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			and staying away from the disobedience of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			You know, when it comes to restraining ourselves,
		
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			our desires,
		
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			there are so many things that we have
		
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			to be patient about.
		
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			And we feel restraint, like, it's true.
		
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			Sometimes we hear children say this, youth will
		
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			say this, you know, adults will say it.
		
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			But why is everything haram?
		
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			Why we can't do anything? Right? We can't
		
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			do this. We can't eat this. We can't
		
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			wear you know, you can't wear this. You
		
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			can't eat this. You can't listen to this.
		
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			You can't watch this. You can't can't can't
		
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			can't can't.
		
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			What exactly you sort of do?
		
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			That is true because the prophet
		
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			has told us that a dunya seed is
		
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			on movement.
		
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			The world the life of this world is
		
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			meant to be a prison. It is a
		
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			prison for the believers. So, yes, it is
		
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			going to feel like a prison
		
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			unless you train your enough so much that
		
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			it doesn't feel it anymore.
		
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			Otherwise, you are gonna feel like you're in
		
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			prison.
		
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			And if it starts feeling like paradise, if
		
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			it starts feeling like you can do whatever
		
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			you want, and you're happy
		
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			following your desires, then that is actually problematic.
		
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			Because that is for those who
		
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			disbelieve who reject believe in Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala. For them, it is like a Jannah,
		
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			like a paradise.
		
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			For the believer, the dunya is not like
		
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			Jannah. It is not like paradise.
		
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			You can make it to paradise, but then
		
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			you can't have paradise in the hereafter. You
		
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			have to pick 1. You pick the temporary
		
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			agenda?
		
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			Do you pick the temporary agenda of 40,
		
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			50, 60, 70, 80, a 100 years max?
		
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			Or do you want the agenda that is
		
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			forever?
		
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			Alright. That's your choice.
		
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			If you choose to have agenda now because
		
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			you can't wait, you can't restrain yourself, you
		
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			can be patient, okay, then you have Jannah
		
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			now, but then there's no Jannah in the
		
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			hereafter,
		
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			which is forever. So, like, you just be
		
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			smart about it, you know, like, which one
		
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			are you gonna choose?
		
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			K. So
		
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			it's not easy. This is like a prison.
		
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			Right? But there's a very powerful hadith, the
		
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			prophet.
		
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			But that Allah will replace it with something
		
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			better.
		
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			Confirm
		
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			this. That you never leave something
		
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			for the sake of Allah
		
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			except that Allah
		
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			will get you something
		
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			that is
		
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			much better.
		
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			He'll grant you something that is
		
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			better than that. So
		
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			be patient,
		
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			give up your desires, give up your temptations.
		
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			Give up your temptations, and
		
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			Allah
		
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			will grant you that which is
		
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			better.
		
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			If not in this world, then certainly in
		
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			the hereafter. Perhaps even in this world as
		
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			well.
		
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			Also, when it comes to not disobeying Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala or being patient and not
		
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			disobeying Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			it also includes how
		
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			we behave with each other.
		
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			How we behave with each other so we
		
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			don't control ourselves. We'll be patient
		
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			to make sure to try our best that
		
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			we don't behave with each other in ways
		
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			that are displeasing to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala. For example,
		
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			controlling our anger. Right? Against the guidance of
		
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			the messenger of Allah Subha'ala wa sallam.
		
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			Right? Don't be angry. Of course, it's a
		
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			natural emotion. It's gonna come to you. You
		
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			can't control when it comes to you. However,
		
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			you can control when it comes to you
		
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			or after it comes to you. You can
		
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			control your anger. You can try to restrain
		
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			yourself. Restrain your anger and cool down quickly,
		
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			which is amongst the qualities
		
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			of the pious people, qualities of the people
		
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			of Taqwa, qualities of the believers.
		
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			Right? Those who
		
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			Right? Who are quick to cool down in
		
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			their anger.
		
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			And who? Forgive others. Right? Or, quick to
		
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			forgive others.
		
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			So
		
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			controlling our our anger, being patient when we
		
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			are provoked
		
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			and when we are annoyed. Now the third
		
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			aspect of patience, my brothers and sisters,
		
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			is to be content
		
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			with the decree of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			in calamities
		
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			and
		
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			trials.
		
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			We, learned in the Quran, Allah
		
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			tells us
		
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			that Luqman al Hakim. Right? Luqman al Wai
		
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			the Wai said,
		
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			He's advising his son.
		
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			That, oh my son, establish prayer,
		
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			and join what is right,
		
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			forbid what is wrong, and be patient over
		
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			what
		
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			befalls
		
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			you.
		
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			Verily, that is among the matters requiring
		
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			determination.
		
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			Right? It's not gonna be easy.
		
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			It's not gonna be easy. It's gonna require
		
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			determination. It's gonna require effort. Right? It's gonna
		
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			require
		
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			you to give up something, to give something.
		
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			Great.
		
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			But
		
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			these are from the great matters which we
		
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			have to be paying attention to and amongst
		
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			them. Be patient over what befalls you.
		
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			So true patience,
		
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			my brothers and sisters, is
		
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			to be calm and composed especially during the
		
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			first strike of calamity.
		
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			The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam passed by
		
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			a woman, and this is unasubramatic radiAllahu anhu
		
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			who relates.
		
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			That the prophet
		
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			passed by a woman who was weeping beside
		
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			her grave.
		
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			And the prophet
		
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			said,
		
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			be mindful of Allah, have taqwa, and be
		
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			patient.
		
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			She didn't know who he was.
		
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			She didn't know that it was the messenger
		
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			of Allah salaam alaihi wa sallam. She was
		
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			in a state of grief.
		
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			So she said go away from me.
		
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			Of course, she would know it. She would
		
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			never say that knowingly, but she didn't know
		
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			it was the messenger of Allah salaam alaihi
		
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			wa sallam. So go away from me for
		
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			you have not been afflicted by a calamity
		
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			like mine.
		
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			She did not recognize him.
		
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			Then she was told afterwards that it was
		
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			the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. So she
		
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			went to the house of the prophet sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			And she didn't find any, you know, guards,
		
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			anyone there. So she said to him, I
		
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			did not recognize you. So she went and
		
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			she, you know, she cleared up the misconception
		
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			or her misunderstanding
		
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			saying I did not recognize you. And the
		
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			prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's adviser said,
		
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			that rarely patience is at the first strike.
		
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			Right? The more greatest degree of patience
		
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			is gonna be at the first strike of
		
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			a calamity. And this is especially with regards
		
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			to the loss, you know, of a loved
		
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			one in particular.
		
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			Now my brothers and sisters, the perfection
		
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			of these three aspects together, of these three
		
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			aspects of patience,
		
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			the perfection of it is
		
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			called
		
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			subun jameel, beautiful patience. And this was the
		
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			characteristics of the prophets of Allah
		
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			Right? So when these three elements of patience
		
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			come together, then you have.
		
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			Allah
		
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			said,
		
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			So be patient with beautiful patience.
		
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			Right? Be patient with beautiful patience. So, yes,
		
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			being patient having is one part, but doing
		
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			so with in a beautiful manner, in a
		
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			complete manner, which means bringing together
		
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			these three aspects
		
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			of patience.
		
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			So I know it's been a long,
		
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			you know, it's it's it's been a long
		
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			track since March,
		
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			since this pandemic started.
		
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			I know the summer isn't very exciting,
		
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			and we are facing, you know, different types
		
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			of challenges, different types of struggles.
		
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			Our brothers and sisters,
		
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			let us hang in
		
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			there. Let us hang in there and remember
		
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			that subtle,
		
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			patience and perseverance
		
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			is a spiritual and a mental exercise.
		
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			It's a spiritual and mental exercise that we
		
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			have discussed before. So we look for the
		
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			silver lining.
		
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			We try to find the good in the
		
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			situation.
		
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			We try to be grateful.
		
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			We celebrate the goodness of Allah's the the
		
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			goodness that Allah
		
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			has given us even now in this situation.
		
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			And one of the ways of doing that
		
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			is to look at those who have less.
		
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			The prophet
		
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			advised us to look at those who are
		
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			lower than us, meaning those or who are
		
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			anymore,
		
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			you know, worst off or more challenging situation
		
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			than we are in,
		
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			For those who are in a greater difficulty.
		
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			And this too
		
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			will pass.
		
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			You know, yes, this summer may not be
		
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			great, may not be, you know, as exciting
		
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			as we are accustomed to having, but there
		
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			will be many more summers.
		
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			There will be many more summers and it
		
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			will pass.
		
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			Allah
		
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			tells us
		
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			that certainly those who observe patience,
		
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			perseverance will be given their reward in full
		
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			without measure, without limit.
		
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			You'll be given their reward
		
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			without measure, without limit. So there is an
		
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			immense reward
		
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			for this patience that and this perseverance that
		
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			we are exercising at this moment. Ma'am Al
		
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			Azai, Abdullah Alaihi, said
		
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			that their reward will not be weighed or
		
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			measured.
		
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			Their reward, their other will not be weighed
		
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			or measured. They will be given an immense
		
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			reward.
		
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			And for all the challenges and struggles and
		
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			temptations
		
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			that you are patiently pursuing in, I ask
		
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			Allah to grant you
		
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			an immense reward, the likes of which you
		
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			cannot imagine. So Insha'Allah, my du'aat
		
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			for every single one of you is that
		
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			on the day of judgment
		
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			on the day of judgment, insha'Allah, when you
		
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			see that immense reward,
		
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			you will wish
		
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			that you had endured even more for longer.
		
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			That reward is gonna be so huge
		
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			for all of these patients,
		
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			the types of patients we talked about. That
		
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			inshallah, the day of judgment, you will see
		
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			in a huge reward, and you will wish
		
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			if only this pandemic lasted a little bit
		
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			longer. Meaning, if only these restrictions lasted a
		
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			little bit longer. If only I had a
		
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			little bit more,
		
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			careful with my temptations. If I had restrained
		
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			myself just a little bit more. Right? So
		
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			inshallah, continue forward and ask Allah,
		
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			to grant you the best and we make
		
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			the dua that the magicians of Firaun made.
		
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			So after the magicians of Firaun
		
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			rejected Firaun and they declared their belief in
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, what did Firaun do?
		
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			He threatened to torture them, to mutilate them.
		
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			How could they disobey him in his face
		
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			and believe in Allah and in, Zaynu Musa
		
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			Alaihi Salam.
		
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			So they made the dua.
		
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			Our lord, shower us with perseverance,
		
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			and let us die while submitting to you.
		
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			Let us die while in this state of
		
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			submission to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. May Allah
		
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			protect us all. May Allah remove all all
		
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			our hearts all the hardships that have been
		
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			destined for us. And for the struggles and
		
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			hardships that are still destined to come to
		
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			us no matter what, may Allah
		
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			make them easy for us and grant us
		
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			patience and perseverance
		
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			to make it through them with his pleasure.
		
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			Oh, Allah, count us
		
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			from.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please grant us.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please make us people of beautiful
		
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			character and beautiful patience.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please cure all of our brothers
		
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			and sisters who are ill. Oh, Allah, please
		
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			cure all of those who are ill and
		
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			all of those who are struggling. Oh, Allah,
		
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			especially our elder sister who is was in
		
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			pain. Oh, Allah, our brothers and sisters who
		
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			are suffering from long term pain and injuries.
		
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			All of those who are ill who are
		
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			at risk of becoming ill. Oh, Allah, the
		
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			mother of her sister, Diva, and all of
		
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			her loved ones who are ill, oh, Allah,
		
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			you are the protector and the healer. Oh,
		
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			Allah, grant them speedy recovery and protect them
		
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			all from all types of illnesses and pain
		
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			and suffering, from Arameen.
		
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			Oh, Allah, peace grant relief to all of
		
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			those who are in pain, all of those
		
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			who are in grief, all of those who
		
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			are facing stress and anxiety
		
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			and depression. Oh, Allah, please replace it with
		
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			happiness and peace and joy. Oh,
		
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			Allah, we are your weak sitting servants. Oh,
		
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			Allah, you are the most kind, the most
		
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			merciful. Oh, Allah, please forgive us for all
		
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			of our sins and our mistakes. Oh, Allah,
		
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			please lift this trial from us. Oh, Allah,
		
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			indeed, we are very weak. Oh, Allah, please
		
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			grant us strength and bring us closer to
		
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			you. Oh, Allah, please grant us strength to
		
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			follow your commands. Oh, Allah, please guide us
		
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			toward your pleasure. Oh, Allah, please guide us
		
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			toward that which pleases you most and grant
		
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			us the best return to you whenever it
		
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			has been decreed for us. Yeah.
		
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			Pray for
		
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			at home or fight a prayer of peace
		
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			coming to your allotted time.
		
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			We have a message, from the United, Muslim
		
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			Organizations of Ottawa, Gatineau.
		
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			We hope and pray that all of our
		
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			community members are in the best state of
		
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			iman and health. As we all know that
		
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			the time period we are all going through
		
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			is unique and unprecedented,
		
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			the likes of which has not been experienced
		
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			in our lifetime.
		
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			We should recall that it is our religious
		
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			responsibility to ensure that we do everything within
		
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			our control to contain the virus and, at
		
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			the same time, follow the rules established by
		
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			our public health agencies.
		
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			To this end, all member organizations
		
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			of the Ottawa Gautam Muslim community
		
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			unanimously have adopted a common policy
		
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			for all the people who pray with jama'a
		
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			in the masajid. In In this regard, all
		
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			brothers and sisters are hereby asked to pray
		
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			at their local masjid only. Given the recent
		
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			case of a COVID 19 infected by their
		
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			praying in Jammu, it is imperative that people
		
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			do not go to other masjid. Recurse of
		
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			such events will increase the risk of spread
		
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			and may continue at very difficult.
		
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			Secondly, all people are asked to think before
		
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			going to their respective local masjid
		
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			if they have any symptoms and or have
		
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			come in contact with someone who may have
		
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			gotten infected.
		
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			As we are taught by our mother prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, one cannot be a
		
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			true believer unless and until he or she
		
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			prefers for others that he or she thinks
		
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			for themselves.
		
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			This virus is a serious matter and we
		
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			must exercise caution. We ask our creator to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to relieve the entire
		
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			humanity from this global pandemic
		
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			and it's a resulting impact that is strength
		
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			to Allah
		
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			and seek protection under his boundless mercy, sincerely,
		
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			the responsible members of the Iranian organizations of.