Sikander Hashmi – Higher Dose of Spirituality Friday Message

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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted health and mental health, with many people traveling outside and visit nature and other scenery. The virus is a silent killer and is not linked to bloodshed or deaths. It's important to value one's health and offer support to affected individuals, and to prioritize actions and values in one's life. It's important to seek forgiveness from Allah and rethinking one's life to reflect on their actions and attitude. It's crucial for everyone to be mindful of their emotions and emotions, and to offer prayer every activity in J serv.

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			For Celine,
		
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			Sayedina,
		
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			Wahhabi,
		
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			Binah Mohammed,
		
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			Wahla Ali, Wahsaabihi, Ajmaine,
		
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			Wahma
		
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			Respected elders, your brothers and sisters,
		
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			my young friends,
		
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			I hope and I pray that you're all
		
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			doing well
		
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			on this, beautiful,
		
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			Friday. SubhanAllah.
		
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			It is a beautiful day outside, the sky,
		
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			is, is blue
		
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			and,
		
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			there is not a, not a cloud,
		
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			in sight.
		
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			We, we thank Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for,
		
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			this beauty and SubhanAllah,
		
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			you know, the beauty of Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala's creation,
		
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			is all around us SubhanAllah. And a lot
		
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			of times, you know, when we are
		
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			caught up inside our homes
		
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			and,
		
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			we're busy and of course the days are
		
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			short and we are not able to go
		
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			outside perhaps it is easy,
		
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			to lose touch
		
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			with,
		
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			the beauty of the creation of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala. But if we try to find
		
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			some time, try to, you know, find a
		
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			few moments so that we can go outside,
		
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			to go outside and, you know, perhaps, take
		
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			a walk,
		
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			and,
		
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			we can then,
		
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			start to appreciate the the different,
		
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			you know, the the the different scenes that
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			creates for us, subhanAllah. You know, every like,
		
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			I, I really enjoy,
		
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			nature, photography for those of you who might
		
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			know, who might see my Facebook posts.
		
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			So I try,
		
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			whenever possible,
		
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			to go out and,
		
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			take walks. And, of course, it's good for
		
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			our physical health. It's good for our, mental
		
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			health,
		
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			especially,
		
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			and also good spiritually as well because we
		
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			get to connect with the creation of Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. We get to connect
		
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			with,
		
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			the nature, the beautiful nature that Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala
		
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			has created
		
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			and that Allah
		
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			has, has gifted us with, really. And I'm
		
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			looking outside window right now, subhanallah, it's just
		
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			absolutely
		
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			beautiful scenery and, you know, I can't wait
		
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			until our masjid is,
		
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			built here, insha'Allah, and
		
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			we are able to gather, of course, once
		
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			this pandemic is over,
		
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			soon,
		
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			and we can see these beautiful
		
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			scenes outside. But you don't have to wait
		
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			to come here for that. You can go
		
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			outside, take walks and,
		
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			wanna congratulate
		
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			all of the brothers and sisters who are
		
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			taking part in the KMA,
		
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			well fit winter challenge during the winter break.
		
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			They walked many, many kilometers. The minimum was
		
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			1 and a half kilometers a day, and,
		
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			our brothers and sisters were, were doing much
		
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			more than that in most cases.
		
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			So that is absolutely wonderful, and, we received
		
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			comments, positive
		
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			feedback from people who, you know, who got
		
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			into it maybe because of the challenge.
		
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			But now it has become a bit of
		
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			a habit and because you see the benefits
		
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			and they see,
		
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			you know, the the, the the the the
		
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			positive effects
		
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			of,
		
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			going out and getting some, some exercise. So,
		
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			please continue to do that. If you haven't,
		
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			if you were not doing that, try it.
		
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			Really try to find some time, especially when
		
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			the weather is nice to go outside and
		
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			get some fresh air. Go with your family,
		
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			take the kids if possible.
		
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			You know, maybe they can play in the
		
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			snow or they don't even have to play,
		
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			but just go out there and and connect
		
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			with with nature. Get away from the screen.
		
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			I know you're looking at a screen right
		
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			now because we have no other way,
		
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			but,
		
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			but really, like, try to disconnect as much
		
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			as possible,
		
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			and try to, take in, the beauty of
		
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			the the nature, the creation of Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			And maybe even if you wanna take nature
		
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			photo nature photos like I like to do,
		
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			because, it just,
		
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			subhanallah, it's just, it's a natural art is
		
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			the way I see it. You know, it's
		
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			it's it's natural art, that
		
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			Allah puts in the sky for us, puts
		
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			on on this earth for us. For us,
		
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			so, enjoy it, take it in, and remember
		
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			Allah remember the creator, Allah azza wa jal.
		
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			And my brothers and sisters, we find ourselves
		
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			now in a situation that is similar
		
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			to the situation that we were in at
		
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			the end of March break, last year.
		
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			The virus, of course, is still amongst us,
		
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			and it's spreading actually more than it was
		
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			at that time.
		
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			Schools, as you probably know, will not be
		
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			reopening. Elementary schools will not be reopening as
		
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			scheduled,
		
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			and online learning will continue. This announcement was
		
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			made yesterday by the by the provincial,
		
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			medical officer of health.
		
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			In Quebec, a nighttime curfew
		
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			will be going into effect starting,
		
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			tomorrow.
		
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			Actually, a curfew, you know. So this is,
		
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			something that is is,
		
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			is already very serious and is increasing,
		
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			in its seriousness,
		
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			by the day. Hospitals in Ontario,
		
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			are making plans to transfer patients to other
		
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			hospitals or even to other parts of the
		
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			province, other regions to make room for COVID
		
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			patients.
		
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			More and more people are being hospitalized and
		
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			are sadly dying every day.
		
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			London, Ontario, Windsor
		
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			have had to bring in refrigerated trucks,
		
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			to store bodies
		
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			of people who have passed away.
		
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			Very, shocking when you actually,
		
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			see that picture of that truck parked, in
		
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			outside the hospital or beside the hospital.
		
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			21 people, are in hospital in Ottawa,
		
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			9 in intensive care,
		
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			due to COVID 19. These are numbers from
		
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			2 days ago.
		
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			The the latest numbers that we have model
		
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			of public health,
		
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			most of them, if not all of them,
		
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			are not seniors
		
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			from long term care facilities.
		
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			They are not residents of long term care
		
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			facilities.
		
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			Rather, there are people who got infected within
		
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			the community,
		
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			possibly a lot of those pests do do
		
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			maybe gatherings or maybe at workplaces and so
		
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			on. And, of course, we have the new
		
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			UK variant,
		
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			which appears to pass around. So it's the
		
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			same virus, but it's just, you could say
		
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			maybe a different strain or a different form
		
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			of it,
		
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			that appears
		
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			to pass around even more easily than the
		
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			original one. The positivity rate in the province
		
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			amongst children is around 20%.
		
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			That's really high. That means that one out
		
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			of 5 children are carrying,
		
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			the virus and possibly spreading it to others.
		
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			Now the effect of the virus may not
		
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			be very, visible,
		
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			on children in terms of illness, hamdulillah,
		
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			however, they may still be,
		
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			carriers and transmitters
		
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			of the virus, and and it's it's quite
		
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			possible, very likely actually, that they will be
		
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			passing it on to others if they're beating
		
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			others.
		
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			And this is why, my brothers and sisters,
		
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			it is so important to continue to remain
		
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			vigilant. Now who will get sick and who
		
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			is going to die, who is going to
		
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			pass away? That is
		
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			a matter that is only and only up
		
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			to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And in Allah,
		
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			we place our trust
		
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			and there and full stop. There's no doubt
		
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			about that whatsoever.
		
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			However, we learned that with Tawakkul, with reliance
		
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			upon Allah
		
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			there is a responsibility
		
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			to take permissible means as well.
		
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			So wear a mask
		
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			when you are around people outside your household,
		
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			especially indoors,
		
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			but also if you're close together outdoors. Can
		
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			you think that, you know, outdoors, nothing's gonna
		
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			happen? But, again, if there is this, this
		
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			UK variant, which is not present in in
		
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			Ontario, in Ottawa,
		
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			and the disease is is trans is passing
		
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			from a person to person even more easily,
		
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			then we have to be careful whenever we
		
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			are in close proximity, especially indoors, but also
		
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			when we are outdoors and we are close,
		
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			closely interacting with people who are not part
		
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			of our household.
		
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			Of course, as always, wash your hands regularly
		
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			and please do not think that you're invincible.
		
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			Do not think that you are invincible, that
		
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			nothing is gonna happen to you. You know,
		
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			I wanna say it but
		
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			sometimes it can come down to a feeling
		
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			of, of arrogance. It doesn't have to be.
		
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			It doesn't have to be. You know, a
		
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			person could have very strong faith in Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala and feel that nothing is
		
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			going to happen to them.
		
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			Of course, they could still get sick, but
		
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			it could also be due to feeling, oh,
		
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			I'm I'm too strong for this or I'm
		
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			too good for this or I'm too young
		
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			for this. This is not gonna affect me.
		
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			Oh, it's just other people. K. So let's
		
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			not think like that.
		
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			Also don't travel to hotspots. You know, there's
		
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			a positivity rate in the community, meaning people
		
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			who have in the community, they may not
		
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			even realize it. 9 to 10% in some
		
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			parts of Ontario. And as the prophet
		
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			has told us that
		
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			If you hear of a plague of a
		
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			plague in a land, then do not go
		
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			into it.
		
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			Don't go into it. And
		
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			if it happens in land where you are,
		
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			then do not go out of it. So
		
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			if if for those who are living in
		
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			hot spots, and by the way, Ottawa is
		
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			now in the red zone as well,
		
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			you know, don't travel to other places. Don't
		
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			take it to other places. The prophet
		
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			has told us very, very clearly. Of course,
		
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			this was regarding Ta'ul and the plague, but
		
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			the lesson, you know, applies to the the
		
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			other, you know, types of,
		
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			the pandemics as well that and epidemics and
		
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			pandemics. So, I mean, don't don't travel. Right?
		
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			Don't host people in your home coming from
		
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			Toronto and coming from other places. Don't travel
		
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			to places like that because there's a good
		
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			chance that, there's a possibility at least that
		
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			you may be one of the carriers who
		
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			are actually
		
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			causing more, harm, and and and hardship for
		
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			people. So don't do that and follow, the
		
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			prophetic advice, please.
		
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			The other day we learned about a 29
		
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			year old brother, Muslim brother here in Ottawa
		
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			who spent 2 months in hospital and almost
		
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			died. SubhanAllah. 29 years old. You know, you
		
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			think we're invincible, but no. No one is
		
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			invincible.
		
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			And the thing about this virus is that
		
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			it's a silent killer. No. No. By the
		
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			way, the brother is fine.
		
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			Allah cured
		
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			him. So we are grateful to Allah,
		
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			and we ask Allah,
		
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			to cure all of those who are ill
		
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			and to protect all of us.
		
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			Now the thing about this virus is that
		
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			it's a silent killer. What do I mean
		
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			by that? There's no bloodshed. You know, if
		
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			a bomb goes off somewhere,
		
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			you know, may Allah protect us.
		
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			You see the impacts. You see it on
		
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			the news. You see bloodshed. You see, you
		
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			know, buildings that are damaged. You see people
		
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			who are injured and being rushed to hospital.
		
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			Okay? Those are the types of things that
		
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			catch people's attention,
		
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			but this virus is a silent killer. There's
		
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			no bloodshed. There's no violence. So it's harder
		
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			to notice. Now unless you know someone unless
		
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			you know someone who's been impacted, and, again,
		
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			may Allah protect us all,
		
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			it's it just it's just a bunch of
		
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			numbers that are coming out every day, and
		
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			the numbers keep going higher and they almost
		
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			become meaningless, to be honest. Right? It's just
		
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			another number because you don't know anyone who's
		
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			being impacted.
		
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			But people are getting sick and it can
		
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			affect anyone, and people are going through a
		
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			hardship. And even those who are surviving,
		
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			many of them who are hospitalized are seeing
		
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			long lasting impacts on their health. Right? So
		
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			take your health, my brothers and sisters. This
		
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			is my sincere advice,
		
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			to all of us, including myself. Let us
		
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			take our health, our good health as a
		
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			blessing from Allah
		
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			Let us value it and, please, let's try
		
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			to do our part to protect ourselves and
		
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			to stop,
		
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			and to protect ourselves and to stop the
		
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			spread and to to especially protect others as
		
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			well. Now this lockdown will take a toll.
		
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			You know, we're in a lockdown. It might
		
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			get even, more stricter and more difficult. So
		
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			this lockdown will take a toll on the
		
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			livelihoods of those whose businesses have been shut
		
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			down or who have been impacted,
		
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			people who are going to work in stores,
		
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			in businesses where they are closed now, they're
		
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			not allowed to open, or, you know, they
		
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			they are extremely, limited.
		
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			So, you know, look out for your relatives,
		
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			please, and your friends,
		
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			and offer support if you can. If you
		
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			know someone who's in that situation, if you
		
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			know someone who, you know, who works,
		
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			in a in a store or maybe, you
		
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			know, runs a business,
		
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			that has been impacted, maybe they have been
		
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			forced to shut down or their hours have
		
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			been reduced,
		
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			Try to offer support if you can. You
		
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			know, give gifts or buy something from them
		
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			if they're selling something. And it's harder to
		
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			offer it,
		
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			you know, instead of asking them if they
		
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			need help. You know, it's one thing to
		
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			say, okay. If you need help, just let
		
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			me know. You know, I'll be more than
		
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			happy to help. I mean, that's good. That's
		
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			kind,
		
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			but it's a lot better if we can
		
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			just offer some assistance and we can just,
		
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			offer, you know, a gift so that the
		
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			person, you know, doesn't have to ask or
		
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			tell anyone that they actually,
		
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			need help.
		
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			Now, you know, for your family,
		
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			as I mentioned in the beginning, you know,
		
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			try to have a routine.
		
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			Let's say you go in the go for
		
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			walks every day, different part of the neighborhood.
		
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			Maybe you wanna go in a different part
		
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			of the city and walk,
		
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			you know, playing in the snow, maybe cooking
		
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			together. That could be, a a a fun
		
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			or engaging activity sometimes as well.
		
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			You know, go for if you have a
		
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			car, you can go for rides. You know,
		
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			let's say you pick up hot drinks or
		
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			you make hot drinks and you go and
		
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			see, you know, new parts of of the
		
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			city or go in the countryside. And like
		
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			I was saying earlier, you know, appreciate
		
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			the beauty of the the creation of the
		
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			nature of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that that
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has created. Maybe, you
		
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			know, as I said, get into photography of
		
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			nature and other activities that are away from
		
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			the computer. So try to, you know, get
		
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			away from the screen, try to get outside,
		
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			especially during daylight hours. Our bodies, Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, has designed us that, you know,
		
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			we crave sunlight.
		
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			We we we crave, you know,
		
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			getting sunlight, especially on our skin. Right? Vitamin
		
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			d, all those things. So it's very important
		
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			that mentally as well that we seize the
		
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			sunlight, sunshine, and when we see a nice
		
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			day, you know, try to take advantage of
		
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			it. Take a few moments to at least
		
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			get out there. And even if you don't
		
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			feel like it, push yourself because, you know,
		
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			it's it's it's, it's it's
		
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			it's tricky because, you know, when you're feeling
		
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			down, when you're feeling depressed, you know, you
		
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			don't wanna do anything. You know, you feel
		
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			almost lazy or tired.
		
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			You know, you don't feel like moving, getting
		
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			out of bed. However,
		
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			that is precisely what you need at that
		
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			moment. So if you have family members in
		
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			that situation,
		
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			kindly encourage, you know, don't, be harsh, but
		
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			try to nudge them and encourage them to
		
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			come outside,
		
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			and to take water and to take in
		
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			some fresh air.
		
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			So physically and mentally,
		
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			we need to try to do whatever we
		
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			can to stop the spread and to support
		
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			one another.
		
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			But there's a very important element, my brothers
		
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			and sisters, in responding to this trial and
		
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			this crisis, and that element is the spiritual
		
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			one. In the end, we know and we
		
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			believe that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the
		
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			one who is in control of all matters.
		
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			Who's gonna get sick? Who's going to be
		
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			safe?
		
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			Who's gonna be a cause of transmission? Who's
		
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			gonna be hospitalized? Who's gonna pass away? All
		
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			of those things
		
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			are matters
		
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			that are in Allah's control, and Allah
		
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			is ultimately the one who will
		
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			and only Allah
		
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			can lift this trial, this pandemic from us,
		
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			and there's no doubt about that. It came
		
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			suddenly and changed our lives and our world,
		
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			and then it eased a little bit
		
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			at the end of the summer and the
		
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			fall, and then it came back.
		
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			Now this is expected
		
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			when it comes to pandemics. There is, you
		
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			know, that there's a second wave. Usually, there
		
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			is a second wave, and we know that
		
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			normally it is or it is expected that
		
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			it's going to be worse than the first
		
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			wave. So we know this in terms of
		
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			study of of pandemics,
		
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			and epidemics. However, let's not forget about the
		
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			timing. I mentioned this last week, if you
		
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			remember, that this second wave
		
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			and the discovery of the new UK variant,
		
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			again, which seems to be more easily transmissible,
		
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			occurred just when the world was celebrating the
		
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			development of vaccines,
		
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			which happened in record time.
		
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			I don't think there's ever been a time
		
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			before where, you know, the vaccines were developed
		
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			and approved where where, you know, there were
		
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			trials conducted and they were approved,
		
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			and they were they rolled out and they
		
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			were put into people's arms, this quickly ever
		
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			before. A lot of those best, and those
		
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			who who know more about this will will,
		
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			perhaps can correct me. But to my knowledge,
		
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			this is, this is is, this has happened
		
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			very, very quickly and never happened this quickly
		
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			before.
		
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			So the world was celebrating the development of
		
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			these vaccines and the rollout of the vaccines.
		
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			But just when we thought it was it
		
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			was the end and we were coming to
		
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			the end and that we would be going
		
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			back to our pre pandemic lives and, you
		
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			know, the the businesses were starting to make
		
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			plans, people making,
		
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			the king plans, maybe booking cheap flights,
		
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			so that they could travel soon and, you
		
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			know, stock market is doing well and all
		
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			of those things.
		
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			And then all of a sudden,
		
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			you know, this the second wave came around,
		
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			and as we see it is as much
		
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			worse. So it's it's the timing as of
		
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			of of it is very notable. And a
		
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			brother reminded us by sharing a beautiful ayah
		
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			from the Quran.
		
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			Subhanallah. Allah
		
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			says in ayah number 126. In verse 126
		
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			of Surah Tawba, Allah
		
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			says,
		
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			Do they not see that they are tried,
		
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			meaning that they are tested
		
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			once or twice every year?
		
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			They do not do do not see that
		
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			they are tried. They are tested
		
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			once or twice every year
		
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			Yet, they neither repent
		
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			nor
		
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			nor do they do they learn a lesson.
		
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			Now this verse was originally revealed
		
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			regarding
		
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			the hypocrites, the
		
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			at the time of the prophet sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wasallam.
		
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			And, you know, during the course of every
		
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			year,
		
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			such circumstances
		
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			appeared or, you know, were created as to
		
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			put, to test
		
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			once or twice their claim to faith.
		
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			Every year, once or twice, there would be
		
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			something that would happen. An incident would take
		
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			place that would put to test their claim
		
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			to faith. Remember, they were the and the
		
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			hypocrites who claimed to be believers, but inside
		
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			their hearts, they were hiding disbelief.
		
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			And these trials
		
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			disclosed
		
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			that their profession to Islam was
		
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			fraudulent.
		
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			For instance,
		
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			sometime their their sometimes their faith was tested
		
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			by something like perhaps a commandment of the
		
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			Quran, which lay down some new restrictions
		
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			on their,
		
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			on their desires, on their lust. So that
		
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			was a test for them because, remember, they
		
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			weren't really believers, but they were pretending to
		
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			be. And if the if a verse of
		
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			the Quran was revealed, they knew injunction came,
		
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			which restricted their desires,
		
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			and the things that they wanted, that would
		
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			be a trial for them because in reality,
		
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			they didn't wanna follow those restrictions or those
		
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			that guidance. They didn't believe in it. They
		
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			were just doing it to show others or
		
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			perhaps, you know,
		
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			there was a a demand of the faith
		
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			that hit hard
		
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			under some interest. So it was something that
		
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			would impact,
		
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			things that they, wanted or or, you know,
		
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			their power or their wealth as an example.
		
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			Or perhaps,
		
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			there was, an internal dispute
		
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			which disclosed their preference for worldly interests and
		
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			for their personal
		
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			and family and clan relations,
		
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			as opposed to Allah and his messenger salaam
		
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			and and and their their faith,
		
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			or the faith rather because they didn't really
		
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			have faith. So, you know, something of what
		
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			what would happen inside of them or, you
		
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			know, within them. Well and it would be
		
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			apparent that they were choosing,
		
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			worldly matters or they were choosing, you know,
		
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			personal gain,
		
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			or protecting family or clan relations as opposed
		
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			to giving preference preference to Allah,
		
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			and his messengers salariah alsalam had to, to
		
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			to Islam.
		
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			Or perhaps there was a war that came
		
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			up that would require the sacrifice of their
		
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			lives or the wealth and time and their
		
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			and their energy. So different types of trials
		
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			would come up,
		
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			which would,
		
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			test them and as a result, they would
		
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			end up, being exposed in terms of their,
		
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			their true,
		
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			beliefs and their their their true things that,
		
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			you know, the true,
		
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			feelings and and beliefs that they were hiding
		
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			inside of their hearts. Now all of these,
		
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			then, now, while this pandemic and the, second
		
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			wave is another test of patience and faith
		
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			for us, what is notable, my brothers and
		
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			sisters, in the verse is the response that
		
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			is expected.
		
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			So Allah,
		
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			you know,
		
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			is is indicating something here that, you know,
		
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			what were the hypocrites
		
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			supposed to do when they were tested once
		
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			or twice each year? What was actually expected
		
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			of them? Or and what are we supposed
		
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			to do when we are tested? Because Allah
		
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			doesn't isn't just saying that, you know, they
		
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			were tested once or twice a year, every
		
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			year, but rather Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
		
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			telling us that they were tested,
		
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			you know, once or twice every year and
		
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			then there was something that they were supposed
		
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			to do that they were not actually doing,
		
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			that they did not do,
		
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			and that is
		
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			they neither repented
		
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			nor
		
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			the or Allah says, yet they neither repent
		
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			nor do they learn a lesson nor do
		
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			they take heed. So what do we learn
		
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			from this? Repenting and taking lessons
		
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			are one of the or 2 of the
		
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			most important responses
		
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			to trials and tribulations.
		
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			So the first response when tested or punished
		
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			should be
		
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			Right? Turning to Allah
		
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			fleeing to Allah
		
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			especially in a state of humility and repentance,
		
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			seeking forgiveness from Allah
		
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			This should be the first response
		
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			from the believers whenever they are tested and
		
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			whenever they are tried.
		
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			So my brothers and sisters, first of all,
		
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			let us recognize that we are being tested.
		
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			What's interesting is that, subhanallah,
		
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			you know,
		
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			we are in in in such a situation
		
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			or which I should say that we are
		
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			so blessed by Allah
		
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			that for many of us, we may not
		
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			even remember that we are actually living through
		
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			a trial. This is actually a test because
		
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			we get so accustomed to it and Allah
		
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			has blessed us with different tools and resources
		
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			that we are able to manage. Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala has blessed us in ways that
		
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			perhaps we feel we are protected. So we
		
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			don't actually realize maybe even that we are
		
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			actually going through a trial and a test
		
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			right now. So we are being tested, and
		
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			it requires a response from us. We cannot
		
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			be indifferent to it. We cannot be indifferent.
		
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			There has to be a response. So a
		
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			physical, mental response we already talked about, but
		
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			also a spiritual response.
		
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			And the first thing there then is to
		
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			increase
		
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			our repentance, Allah to
		
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			increase our istighfar. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
		
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			is reported to have said,
		
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			that
		
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			that. Reported that the prophet
		
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			said that whoever increases
		
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			his prayers or her prayers for forgiveness,
		
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			Allah
		
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			will grant them relief from every worry, a
		
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			way out from every hardship, and provide for
		
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			them in ways that they do not expect.
		
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			This is reported by,
		
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			this is reported by Imam Ahmed.
		
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			Now the it's not the train of narration
		
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			of this, hadith of this narration is, somewhat
		
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			disputed.
		
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			So there's some discussion about the authenticity or
		
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			the level of authenticity, I should say. However,
		
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			the meaning the scholars so the meaning of
		
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			the hadith is of the narration is
		
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			sound. That whoever increases the is the whoever's,
		
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			increases
		
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			their istighfar, their prayers for seeking forgiveness from
		
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			Allah
		
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			Allah
		
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			will bless them in different ways. Now it
		
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			is related in, that
		
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			Hassan al Basi,
		
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			was once seated, and a man came to
		
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			him saying that, oh, oh, master, I'm very
		
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			sinful.
		
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			Do tell me an act which I can
		
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			do to be forgiven. So Hassan Basir
		
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			replied, he said, go and do istighfar.
		
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			And then a second person came and said
		
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			that,
		
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			you know, for for many days, rain have
		
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			stopped rain has stopped and there is drought.
		
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			So tell me an action through which Allah
		
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			will send down rain to us. And Hassan
		
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			replied, go and do Istafar.
		
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			Then a third person came and said, I'm
		
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			under a lot of debt. I am working,
		
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			but please make dua that Allah
		
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			gives me wealth so that I can be
		
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			saved from debts. And, again, the response was
		
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			go and do istighfar to Allah
		
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			And then a 4th person came and said,
		
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			it is a wish of mine that Allah
		
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			gives me a child and offspring, so please
		
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			make dua that Allah gives me a pious
		
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			offspring. So again, Hassan replied,
		
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			go and do Isthafar.
		
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			A 5th person came and said, I have
		
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			an orchard. Please make that that it gives
		
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			more fruits so that the return will be
		
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			more so that, you know, the benefit there
		
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			will be more. And Hasan
		
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			replied, go and do istighfar.
		
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			6th person came and said, I wish if
		
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			I was to get water,
		
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			to get spring water in my house, I
		
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			will be so pleased. And, again, sheikh responded,
		
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			go and do istighfar.
		
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			Now one of his disc disciples, Rabi ibn
		
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			Sabir
		
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			was sitting close by. He was very surprised
		
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			thinking, you know, why is it that my
		
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			sheikh
		
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			Hassan Abbasid Abdullah alai is giving the same
		
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			solution of istighfar to whoever comes to him?
		
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			And he wondered, he said, what is this?
		
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			You know, people are coming from the different
		
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			problems, and each person is getting the same
		
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			response from the sheikh that you go and
		
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			you do istighfar or increase in your istighfar.
		
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			So, in the Sabi,
		
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			eventually asked,
		
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			Sheikh Hassan Basri that why are you giving
		
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			one response for all the problems? So in
		
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			hearing this, he was recited the verses that
		
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			Allah
		
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			said in the Quran.
		
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			Ask forgiveness from your lord for he is
		
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			for he is oft forgiving.
		
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			He will send rain to you in abundance
		
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			and give you increase in wealth and children,
		
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			bestow on your gardens, on you gardens, and
		
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			bestow on you rivers of flowing water. Of
		
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			course, this is,
		
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			the words of,
		
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			Sayyidina Nuh alaihi salam in terms of what
		
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			he had told his people.
		
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			Now in these, blessed verses of the Quran,
		
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			there are so many benefits of istafa, you
		
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			know, seeking forgiveness from Allah
		
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			So this is the solution when it comes
		
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			to many types of,
		
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			distresses, many types of hardships,
		
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			and, again, when it comes to being tested
		
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			and being tried by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			increase
		
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			your seeking of forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala. So my brothers and sisters, let us
		
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			try to increase our istighfar at all times
		
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			as much as possible. Astaghfirullah. Astaghfirullah. Astaghfirullah.
		
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			Of course, try to take time where we
		
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			can sit down and make istighfar
		
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			specifically, like, focused with feeling, with thoughts, with
		
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			our hearts, but, and of course our tongues,
		
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			but also at other times when we are
		
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			out and about, when we are engaged in
		
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			different activities, especially when it comes to our
		
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			work or like I said before, if you're
		
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			cooking or whatever it is that you're doing,
		
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			driving,
		
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			you know, make istuffah.
		
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			Try
		
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			to fill your, your heart and your your
		
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			tongues with the, remembrance of Allah particularly the
		
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			istuffah. So
		
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			different forms, all are, with all which are,
		
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			stuff,
		
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			which are acceptable.
		
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			We discussed these these in Ramadan and sunset
		
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			live, I remember, for those of you who
		
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			are watching at that time. So number 1,
		
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			increasing our istafan is very, very important. Secondly,
		
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			increasing our prayers as well and not necessarily
		
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			just the quantity of our prayers, although quantity
		
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			is good. So offering the hadid prayers,
		
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			you know, for your time starts very late
		
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			nowadays, quite, you know, late in the morning.
		
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			So wake up a little bit earlier if
		
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			you can and try to offer the hadid
		
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			prayer.
		
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			You know, offering the sunnah prayers, offering nafil
		
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			prayers,
		
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			and and but not just in terms of
		
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			quantity, but also in terms of quality, trying
		
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			to beautify our salah. You know, perhaps offering
		
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			longer sujood, the prophet
		
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			said related by Abu Huraira
		
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			That the servant is closest to his lord
		
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			lord during sujood, during this the position of
		
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			prostration. That is when, spiritually, we are the
		
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			closest to Allah
		
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			in this world. So try to prolong your
		
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			sujood. Try to beautify your sujood. Try to
		
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			spend more time in sujood. It doesn't have
		
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			to be in prayer. It could be outside
		
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			of prayer as well. And the prophet
		
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			said after that,
		
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			that, you know, increase your supplication if they're
		
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			in. So, you know, go into sujood and
		
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			use that position
		
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			to to,
		
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			to seek from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			either, you know, in your heart or even
		
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			through, your own words. Now
		
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			those are 2 things that, of course, lastly,
		
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			take lessons. Let us take lessons from what
		
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			is happening. You know, I don't want to
		
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			give all the answers. Okay? So let us
		
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			each examine our own lives, our own,
		
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			attitudes, our own beliefs,
		
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			our own ways of doing things, and our
		
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			own thinking. You know, oftentimes,
		
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			when we try to think, and reflect, we're
		
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			thinking of other people, what others are doing,
		
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			what society is doing. But we are also
		
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			members of society. We are also members of
		
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			community. You know? It's the a community or
		
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			society is not just a monolith. It's made
		
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			up of individuals like you and me, and
		
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			therefore, it is for us, each of us,
		
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			to reflect upon our own actions and our
		
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			own attitude, our own beliefs, our own ways
		
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			of doing things, say and ask ourselves, where
		
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			could we have gone wrong?
		
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			What can be improved
		
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			and how? What is it that we're missing?
		
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			Clearly, Allah is sending us a message. Allah
		
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			is testing us. Allah is sending us a
		
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			message. Where are we going wrong? What is
		
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			it that we are lacking? Perhaps it is
		
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			spirituality that we are lacking and we need
		
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			a huge dose of spirituality in our lives
		
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			which is not just,
		
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			limited to the remembrance of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala. Of course, it is absolutely,
		
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			essential part of of spirituality,
		
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			faith and Islamic faith and spirituality that we
		
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			increase our remembrance of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
		
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			but also
		
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			stopping ourselves from doing things, from acting upon
		
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			our desires, struggling against our desires,
		
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			the types of feelings and emotions that we
		
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			have. Spiritual spirituality is all about feelings and
		
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			emotions. It's all about feelings and emotions because
		
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			it has to do with the heart and
		
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			that is the seed for feelings and emotions.
		
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			So the types of feelings and emotions
		
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			that we hold
		
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			for the different things that exist in this
		
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			world, you know, what, do we feel more
		
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			for? What do we care more about? What
		
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			is what type of love is actually filling
		
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			our hearts? All of those things are part
		
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			of spirituality, perhaps a topic for another day,
		
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			but nonetheless,
		
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			you know, let us examine ourselves and try
		
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			to bring in positive change and also compare.
		
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			Right? Compare it to March of last year,
		
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			compared to April of last year during the
		
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			lockdown. You know? What type of duaa were
		
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			we making? What type of efforts were we
		
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			making to offer salah in jama'ah with our
		
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			families? You know, what type of things that
		
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			we were trying to do to connect with
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that perhaps we are
		
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			not doing now because we have become accustomed
		
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			to living, you know, in this pandemic and,
		
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			you know, we've we've gotten tired and we
		
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			sort of gave up on things. So try
		
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			to reignite
		
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			that passion, that zeal, you know, that that
		
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			that yearning,
		
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			with humility
		
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			and a
		
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			a form of,
		
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			of,
		
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			of, you know, regret,
		
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			in turning to Allah
		
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			seeking forgiveness with that state
		
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			and reigniting that spark of faith and of
		
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			neediness in front of Allah
		
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			my brothers and sisters, I will end, of
		
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			course, as I was doing during the the
		
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			first lockdown.
		
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			Allah tells us in the Quran,
		
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			and whoever is mindful of Allah who has
		
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			the taqwa of Allah,
		
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			he, Allah, will make a way up for
		
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			them
		
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			and provide from them from sources that they
		
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			could never imagine.
		
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			And whoever puts their trust in Allah,
		
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			then he alone is sufficient for them.
		
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			Certainly, Allah achieves his will.
		
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			Allah has already set a destiny for everything.
		
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			Oh, Allah almighty, we ask you to protect
		
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			us and all of our fellow human beings.
		
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			Allah, forgive us for all of our sins
		
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			and our shortcomings. Allah, guide us all towards
		
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			that which pleases you most.
		
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			And your forgiveness upon us all.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please protect our seniors and our
		
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			our elders,
		
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			those of us who are more vulnerable. Oh,
		
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			Allah, please protect all of us.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please grant us good health physically,
		
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			mentally, and spiritually.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please make us yours. Oh, Allah,
		
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			please make us yours. Oh, Allah, please make
		
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			us those who turn to you with humility
		
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			and with repentance.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please forgive us for our shortcomings.
		
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			Oh Allah, please make us those who bring
		
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			positive change to their lives.
		
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			Oh Allah, please make us the way you
		
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			want us to be.
		
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			Oh Allah, we are your sinning servants. Oh
		
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			Allah, we are your weak servants. Oh Allah,
		
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			we don't know anything. Oh, how we are
		
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			lost in this world. Oh, Allah, the love
		
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			of this world has penetrated our hearts.
		
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			Oh, Allah, it has overtaken
		
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			our love that we should have for you
		
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			and your messenger
		
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			and for your words and for your.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please forgive us for the shortcoming.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please purify our hearts.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please purify our hearts from all
		
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			types of evil thoughts and evil likings.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please
		
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			purify our hearts from all types of spiritual
		
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			illnesses.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please make us those who are
		
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			fully committed to you.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please make us those who are
		
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			totally immersed in your love and love for
		
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			your beloved messenger.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please cure all of our brothers
		
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			and sisters who are ill. Oh, Allah, those
		
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			who are living with hardships. Oh, Allah, those
		
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			who are living with depression, mental illnesses, physical
		
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			illnesses, even spiritual illnesses, oh, Allah, please cure
		
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			them. Oh,
		
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			Allah, our elder sister in pain and living
		
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			with pain and weakness. Oh, Allah, our brother
		
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			and sister living with, long term pain and
		
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			injuries. Oh, Allah, our elders like doctor Habib
		
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			Al Rahman, mother Muntas, and others who are
		
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			ill. Oh, Allah, please, grant them a speedy
		
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			recovery.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please protect us and our fellow
		
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			human beings, especially frontline workers, the health professionals
		
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			and first responders and others who are having
		
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			to go out. Oh, Allah, please protect them
		
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			and all of us.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please cure all of our brothers
		
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			and sisters in faith in humanity who are
		
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			ill, who are currently in hospital. O Allah,
		
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			their families are going through hardships. O Allah,
		
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			only you know what they are feeling and
		
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			what they're living through right now. O Allah,
		
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			please grant them ease and relief.
		
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			O Allah, please grant them all of what
		
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			is best.
		
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			Oh Allah, all of those with stress and
		
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			anxiety. Oh Allah, please replace it with peace
		
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			and happiness and joy You Rabbil Alameen. Oh
		
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			Allah, please open the doors of halal sustenance
		
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			for all of those who are in need
		
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			or who are in debt, especially at this
		
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			time You Rabbil Alameen. Oh Allah, please grant
		
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			us a good return to you during this
		
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			life, at the end of this life and
		
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			on the day of judgment,
		
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			Muhammad.
		
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			My brothers and sisters. May Allah accept from
		
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			you all. May Allah
		
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			keep you keep you and your families,
		
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			safe and happy and blessed
		
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			always. Please go ahead offer 4 rakaz of
		
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			Dhuhr prayer at home. You can offer it
		
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			in Jumaa, and that will be good. And
		
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			actually try to offer every salah in Jumaa
		
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			if possible with your family, insha'Allah. Maybe have
		
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			set times like a masjid,
		
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			and so that, you know, everybody knows what
		
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			time you're gonna be offering,
		
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			in jama'ah in your home,
		
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			And,
		
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			I hope, and ask Allah
		
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			to keep you safe. And,
		
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			we will be
		
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			very
		
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			soon
		
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			connecting
		
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			in person
		
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			be with you.