Sikander Hashmi – The Gift of Salah KMA Friday Message

Sikander Hashmi
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The speakers discuss the importance of attending events and learning to prepare for the holy month ofiva in payments and related activities. They emphasize the importance of prioritizing actions and values, avoiding rushing to get a job, and not rushing to get a job. They stress the importance of quantity over quality, maintaining a humility connection with one's work, and exploring the wisdoms and secrets of the act of reciting the Quran. They also advise on maintaining a humility connection with one's work and offering the right quantity at the right time to achieve one's satisfaction.

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			Respected elders,
		
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			your brothers
		
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			and sisters, my own friends.
		
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			I hope and pray that everyone is doing
		
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			well by the grace and mercy of Allah
		
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			And, of course, we begin appraising Allah,
		
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			the lord of the universe,
		
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			our creator, our sustainer,
		
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			our protector, our nourisher,
		
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			and by sending peace and salutations upon his
		
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			beloved messenger,
		
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			Muhammad, the son of Abdullah.
		
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			My brothers and sisters,
		
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			we once again
		
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			have, hope
		
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			that Allah
		
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			will give us the opportunity
		
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			to witness another Ramadan.
		
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			Right? We are once again now in that
		
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			mode
		
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			where the month of Rajab is coming to
		
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			an end, the month of Sharadhan
		
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			in sight, and
		
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			right after that, the month of
		
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			Ramadan. So almost, you know, just about 5
		
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			or so weeks away.
		
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			We're just over
		
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			that. Ramadan
		
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			is expected to begin on April 13th.
		
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			We are,
		
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			as to what the situation is going to
		
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			be.
		
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			As you know, the situation has improved seems
		
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			to have improved, but,
		
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			there are some concerning indicators,
		
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			coming out according to public health
		
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			officials,
		
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			regarding the 3rd wave even as the vaccinations
		
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			pick up.
		
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			So Allah knows best as to what the
		
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			future has in store, but, inshallah, our hope,
		
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			our aim is to safely accommodate
		
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			as many people as possible,
		
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			for,
		
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			for salawat in Ramadan, especially for Isha and
		
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			Faraweed prayers,
		
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			especially our sisters and our children. Right? Because,
		
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			you know, they have not been able to,
		
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			come or have not been, children have not
		
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			been able to come. Any,
		
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			mothers and many sisters generally,
		
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			have,
		
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			have been, staying away so that, the brothers
		
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			are able to,
		
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			offer, especially the Friday prayers.
		
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			So, may Allah
		
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			reward you all. May Allah bless you all.
		
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			But we want to try inshallah in Ramadan
		
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			because it's going to be 1 more than
		
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			1 year.
		
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			So we would especially want to try to
		
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			accommodate as many families as possible, inshallah, so
		
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			that you can come with your family,
		
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			to offer.
		
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			Of course, while respecting public health guidelines. Right?
		
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			So whatever the rules are at that time,
		
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			we're basing it on what we have right
		
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			now, meaning what the guidelines are right now.
		
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			But we are working on developing,
		
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			an easy process for registration because we know
		
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			that having to register every day would maybe
		
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			not be very practical, would be annoying,
		
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			would be difficult. So, we're trying to come
		
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			up with something that, that fulfills the guidelines
		
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			and the need, but also that is,
		
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			easy, as well. InshaAllah, so please stay tuned,
		
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			and, we will be posting updates on our
		
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			website at commandments.ca
		
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			slash Ramadan
		
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			as, as things progress.
		
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			Also, if you have any suggestions or feedback
		
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			regarding how,
		
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			we can make things work, in Ramadan
		
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			to accommodate as many people as possible while
		
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			respecting the guidelines.
		
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			Any suggestions or feedback, please do email us
		
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			at info at canonmuslims.ca.
		
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			And, we really appreciate and thank you for
		
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			your continued patience and cooperation and and understanding
		
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			because we know it is not easy. Now
		
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			my brothers and sisters, just as we are,
		
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			you know, planning, the logistics,
		
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			this is also the time to start planning
		
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			mentally and spiritually as well. Right? And we
		
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			go through this every year because we don't
		
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			wanna be those people.
		
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			We don't wanna be, you know, someone who,
		
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			wakes up and realizes, oh, this morning is
		
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			Ramadan, you know, or tonight Ramadan has started
		
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			or always just a good start. I haven't
		
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			really done anything. I've been busy. I've been,
		
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			you know, occupied with other things and all
		
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			of a sudden, you know, you go into
		
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			a cold turkey. You know, we know because
		
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			Ramadan being such a special time,
		
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			we want to try to prepare as much
		
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			as possible. And the different, you know, different
		
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			examples have been given by the by our
		
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			highest predecessors, by our salaf. For example,
		
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			he quotes imam Abu Bakr al Uruk
		
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			who said that in the month of Rajab,
		
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			you sow the seeds,
		
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			in Sha'aban, you irrigate them, and in Ramadan,
		
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			you reap the harvest.
		
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			Meaning to say that, you know, if you
		
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			want to reap the harvest in Ramadan, if
		
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			you want to have a fruitful Ramadan,
		
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			then you need to start planning in Raja.
		
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			Right? The month which is now ending,
		
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			shortly. So, this is the time to sow
		
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			the seeds, and I was mentioned because some
		
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			one time someone got confused and thought I
		
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			was actually talking about gardening
		
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			outside. So,
		
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			you know, you plan the seeds. You plant
		
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			the seeds of your good deeds,
		
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			right, of your your your mindset regarding Ramadan.
		
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			Right? And what you would wanna do with
		
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			Ramadan.
		
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			So you sow those seeds in Shaba and
		
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			you irrigate them, meaning, you know, you you
		
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			start
		
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			working, on on on developing them. And then
		
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			in Ramadan, you get to read the read
		
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			the harvest. Others have given,
		
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			the example of a tree. So the leaves
		
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			appear
		
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			in the month of Raja,
		
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			and,
		
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			they bear fruit
		
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			in the month of Shaaban, and people take
		
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			their fruits in the month of Ramadan. Right?
		
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			So different examples have been given by our
		
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			pious predecessors.
		
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			So a person must prepare
		
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			for the righteous deeds in Rajab
		
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			and pledge to do them with, adornment and
		
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			perfection in Shaban, and this is also something
		
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			that has been written. So a person must
		
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			prepare for the righteous deeds in Rajab,
		
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			pledge to do them with,
		
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			how adornment
		
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			and perfection in Shaban
		
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			so that he can or she can perform
		
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			them in the fullest way in Ramadan because
		
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			it takes time to develop. It takes time
		
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			to get into good habits. It takes time
		
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			to, you know, build, ourselves up after, you
		
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			know, this,
		
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			9, 10 months of, action and of, you
		
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			know, being busy and and and in some
		
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			cases as well. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			protect us and forgive us. So when we
		
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			think about improving our worship, my brothers and
		
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			sisters, and indeed when we think about improving
		
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			our relationship with Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala, you
		
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			know sometimes people come in and say okay
		
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			well where do I start?
		
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			Where do I start if I want to
		
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			improve my relationship with Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala?
		
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			Yes, I understand okay. My spirituality is lacking.
		
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			You know I have made mistakes. I will
		
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			search Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Where should I
		
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			start? So when we think about improving our
		
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			connection with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the natural
		
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			place to start is
		
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			with our salah.
		
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			Right? Now when we think of salah so
		
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			let's think about salah for a little bit
		
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			here. Okay? So when we
		
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			think of salat, when we think of prayers
		
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			for many of us,
		
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			let's be honest, it's a job.
		
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			It is a job,
		
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			something that
		
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			we
		
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			should be doing or, you know, that we
		
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			do because it is a must.
		
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			Right? Or perhaps we're not even doing it.
		
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			We think, okay. Yes. It's something I know
		
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			that I should be doing, but I'm not
		
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			doing it. Or we do it because it
		
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			is a must. It's an obligation. It's a
		
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			farida, and therefore I have to do it.
		
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			Maybe we see it as a need. So
		
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			we say, yes, it's an obligation and there
		
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			are many benefits. So, yes, I need it.
		
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			But the reality is, my brothers and sisters,
		
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			is that very few actually want to do
		
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			it.
		
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			Very few
		
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			actually
		
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			want to do it. So what I would
		
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			suggest, my brothers and sisters,
		
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			is that
		
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			what we try to do, especially
		
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			as we prepare for Ramadan, right, When we
		
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			talk about how to prepare for Ramadan,
		
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			we try to change our mindset about salah.
		
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			We try to
		
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			change our
		
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			mindset about salah. Right? Because the way we
		
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			see things and the way we approach things,
		
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			they impact how we actually
		
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			do them. Okay? So instead
		
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			of seeing salah as something that must be
		
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			done
		
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			or something that we need because, of course,
		
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			of all the the amazing benefits that Allah
		
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			has put in it for us, we actually
		
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			want to be people who like to or
		
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			who want to offer salah.
		
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			You see the difference between
		
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			that mindset.
		
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			Right? Because if you
		
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			must do something,
		
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			you have to do this. You must do
		
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			it.
		
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			Then it's a job.
		
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			It's a burden. K? I gotta I have
		
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			to do it. I have no choice. I'd
		
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			rather be doing other things, but it's something
		
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			I gotta do. Okay?
		
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			If you need to do something, then you
		
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			say, okay. Yes. It's a necessity.
		
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			I need to do it. But, you know,
		
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			you're not necessarily looking forward to it. But
		
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			if you want to do it, then you're
		
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			desiring it and you are prioritizing it and
		
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			you are valuing it. Right? So you see
		
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			the the mindset makes a difference in how
		
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			we feel
		
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			about the actions that we do. So let
		
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			us reflect upon salah.
		
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			So firstly,
		
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			how it became obligatory 5 times a day.
		
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			Okay. In Sahih Muslim, it has been recorded
		
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			that when the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
		
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			went
		
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			on the Isra journey. Lisra wal Me'raj. Right?
		
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			So when the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam went
		
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			on the Isra journey,
		
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			he ascended
		
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			to the
		
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			in the 6th heaven,
		
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			right, where everything that ascends
		
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			from the earth, such as one's deeds and
		
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			so on,
		
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			terminates
		
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			and
		
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			is held. And it is there where everything
		
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			that descends
		
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			from above, such as, you know, certain rulings
		
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			or divine instructions, wahi, etcetera,
		
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			terminates and is held until further instructions
		
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			are given. Okay. So this is the spot,
		
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			that place. So there the prophet sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wasallam was given three things in that night
		
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			journey
		
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			of Al Isra.
		
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			The 5 daily prayers,
		
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			the last two verses of Surah Al Baqarah
		
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			and forgiveness for whoever did not do shirk,
		
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			whoever did not associate anything or anyone with
		
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			Allah
		
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			from his umami, from the Ummah of Rasulullah
		
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			Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. Right? So three things which
		
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			were gifted to the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
		
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			or which were given to the prophet Sallallahu
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam
		
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			on this very special,
		
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			miraculous journey
		
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			which of course the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
		
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			met the the Ambia alayhi wasallahu alaihi wasallam
		
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			and saw many things, over shown many things.
		
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			And,
		
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			you know, where he was able to access
		
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			this this very special place in in the
		
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			proximity of Allah
		
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			that, you know, no one else,
		
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			was given permission to to do. So he
		
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			was given these three things during this very
		
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			special journey. Right? So the 5 daily prayers
		
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			being the first of them, the last two
		
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			verses of Surah Al Baqarah and forgiveness
		
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			for anyone in his Ummah who did not
		
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			do did not associate anything or anyone with
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Make
		
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			them make us from amongst them who are
		
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			forgiven.
		
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			So subhanAllah my brothers and sisters, the salah
		
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			is such a special gift that Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala
		
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			called the prophet
		
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			close
		
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			and gave it for his
		
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			right? The Quran, right? Except for the last
		
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			two verses of Surat Al Baqarah, all other
		
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			obligations were sent down
		
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			upon this earth
		
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			but the salah was gifted on a miraculous
		
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			journey
		
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			up above in the heavens.
		
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			So you imagine how special
		
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			it must be in the sight of Allah
		
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			Subhanahu wa Ta'ala
		
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			right? Out of all the obligations, out of
		
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			all the guidance of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			out of all the words of Allah Azza
		
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			wa Jal,
		
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			right? This command,
		
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			right? This command and those 2 verses of
		
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			Surat Al Baqarah the last 2 verses, right?
		
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			Those were gifted to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
		
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			who was sort of gifted to this Ummah
		
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			difficult for us. And, you know, I was
		
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			reflecting
		
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			that for fasting because we're talking about Ramadan.
		
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			Right? So for fasting,
		
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			Allah
		
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			uses which word for the prescription?
		
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			Is mentioned.
		
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			So Allah
		
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			uses this the word
		
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			that it has been written for you, it
		
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			has been prescribed.
		
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			And when we look through the Quran, there's
		
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			only a few instances
		
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			where Allah has used
		
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			as a means of making something obligatory
		
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			for his,
		
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			for, his servants.
		
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			And what we see is that
		
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			it's used only a few times for seemingly
		
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			challenging or not very pleasant things.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala use
		
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			in the Quran.
		
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			It is used for seemingly challenging or not
		
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			very pleasant things. So for example,
		
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			katas, a retribution for crimes
		
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			or for for battle when required
		
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			or
		
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			regarding, wasiyah, leaving a will at the time
		
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			of death.
		
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			So Allah has used
		
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			it in these few instances and for siam.
		
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			Yeah.
		
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			So these are serious,
		
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			challenging things, you know, involving difficulty
		
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			which are
		
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			rare. They are occasional.
		
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			They are not something which are, are, you
		
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			know, very, common, very regular. Almost like a
		
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			medical prescription.
		
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			Almost like I like the translation of prescription.
		
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			Right? Even though in hybrid, that's not the
		
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			word for prescription, but it's when you translate
		
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			the prescription because
		
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			a prescription is given occasionally for a particular
		
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			purpose. You have a particular ailment, you have
		
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			a particular sickness, there's an issue, there's an
		
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			infection, then you receive the medication.
		
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			Right? And a prescription oftentimes,
		
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			you know, may be challenging to take. It's
		
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			not something which, you know, you enjoy taking
		
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			your medication, right, especially when we're children.
		
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			I still have a horror, you know, memories
		
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			of having to take tempura, you know, other
		
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			medication which tasted really bad. Right, because you
		
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			can't swallow pills. Right? So
		
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			these are, you know, prescription
		
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			is, when we think about, medical prescription, you
		
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			know, for a particular purpose, it's not regular
		
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			and it's, it may be challenging to take.
		
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			But no such thing for salah, subhanAllah. For
		
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			salah, we don't find anything
		
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			like that.
		
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			Right? Right? Stand,
		
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			establish salah.
		
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			So this is the gift that Allah has
		
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			given. So what am I trying to say?
		
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			I'm trying to say is let us change
		
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			our perspective regarding salah
		
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			while seeing instead of seeing it as a
		
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			job, as a burden, we see it as
		
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			a gift from Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala. And we wanna be careful my
		
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			brothers and sisters
		
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			of the feeling of salah as a burden.
		
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			It may happen to us. We may feel
		
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			it, but it is something that we should
		
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			be cautious about. We need to be careful
		
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			about that. If we start feeling that the
		
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			salah
		
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			are the the prayers that we need to
		
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			offer are a burden for us, then that
		
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			is a warning sign for us.
		
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			Our alarm should go off.
		
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			You know, that's a red flag for us
		
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			because Allah tells
		
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			us and
		
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			seek help through patience and prayer.
		
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			Indeed it is a burden
		
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			except for the khashayin, except for the humble.
		
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			And then further description of those, khashayin, of
		
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			this khashayun,
		
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			For the humble, those who are certain that
		
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			they will meet their lord lord and to
		
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			him that they will return to him they
		
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			will return.
		
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			So, like, it's gonna
		
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			be a burden.
		
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			You're gonna see it as something heavy, something
		
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			big,
		
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			like big in a negative sense. The. Right?
		
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			Like, they they won't see it as something,
		
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			big as positive, but rather big as negative
		
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			except
		
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			for the humble.
		
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			Right? It is a burden except for the
		
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			humble who are certain that they will meet
		
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			their Lord and
		
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			that they will and and to him is
		
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			their return. So indeed for the believers,
		
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			seeing salah as a gift,
		
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			a means of connecting with the Lord is
		
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			humbling.
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, the creator of the
		
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			universe has given us this means, this great
		
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			means, this great gift to connect with him
		
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			regularly. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala wants us to
		
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			connect with him. So this is humbling. Allah
		
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			wants me to connect with him.
		
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			Right? The lord of the universe,
		
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			our creator, our designer who's who's designed and
		
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			created and is sustaining everything, he is the
		
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			one who wants me to connect with him.
		
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			So for the believers, this is humbling and
		
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			subhanAllah initially being 50,
		
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			right, and being reduced
		
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			to 5 per day, right, perhaps to show
		
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			how important it is to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala, how much Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			sees salah as valuable and wants us to
		
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			connect with him. Right? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			wanted us to connect with him 50 times
		
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			a day.
		
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			How many times?
		
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			50 times a day. Right? But, course, there's
		
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			a discussion between say the Musa alayhi salaam
		
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			and the prophet
		
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			and he, you know, kept going back. No.
		
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			They're not gonna be able to do it.
		
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			No. They're not gonna be able to do
		
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			it. It's gonna be difficult for them. It's
		
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			gonna be difficult for them. Speaking from experience,
		
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			it's gonna be difficult for them. So comes
		
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			down to 5. But Allah
		
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			right,
		
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			wanted us to connect with him 50 times
		
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			a day, but, of course, the 5 are
		
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			now equal to 50. We also need to
		
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			be careful, my brothers and sisters, because
		
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			Allah talks about salah in the Quran
		
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			in negative ways as well. What do I
		
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			mean by negative ways? Allah
		
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			tells us about what approach we don't wanna
		
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			have towards salah.
		
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			Talking about the Manafiqoon,
		
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			the hypocrites.
		
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			And when they stand up for salah, they
		
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			stand with laziness.
		
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			They stand with laziness. Oh, I have to
		
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			go pray.
		
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			It's such heavy burden. Oh, push myself to
		
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			offer salah.
		
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			And to be seen of people, and they
		
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			do not remember Allah but little. So the
		
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			standard laziness is difficult
		
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			only to show people
		
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			and
		
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			and this is actually very scary when I
		
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			think of when I reflect upon this verse
		
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			because
		
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			when I
		
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			Allah tells us,
		
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			So establish salah for my remembrance.
		
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			Allah tells
		
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			us They do not remember Allah but little.
		
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			So each one of us, me, myself,
		
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			I evaluate my salah and ask myself
		
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			how much am I actually remembering Allah
		
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			in my salah.
		
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			If I'm not if it's only a little
		
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			bit, I'm distracted.
		
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			Allah is talking about the
		
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			that's from the traits of
		
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			Allah
		
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			protect us, forgive us and may he grant
		
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			us
		
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			What may also come as a shock to
		
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			some my brothers and sisters, especially those who
		
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			read,
		
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			verses
		
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			out of context
		
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			is that in Surat
		
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			Allah actually says,
		
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			woe be
		
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			to those who pray,
		
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			literally.
		
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			Woe be upon those who pray. Why will
		
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			Allah be saying woe be upon those who
		
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			pray? They're actually
		
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			praying, but then we learn the details in
		
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			the next verse.
		
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			Yet they are unmindful and neglectful of their
		
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			prayers.
		
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			They are praying. They're
		
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			So they are not those who are not
		
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			praying. They are actually praying
		
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			yet they are unmindful or neglectful of their
		
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			prayers. This is the trait of those who
		
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			are offering salah, not even talking about those
		
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			who are not offering salah.
		
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			Okay. So again, this is a warning for
		
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			us as well that we don't want to
		
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			be those who offer salah in a state
		
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			of unmindfulness or neglectfulness
		
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			or in a manner of unmindfulness and neglectfulness.
		
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			Forgive us and guide us. Now my brothers
		
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			and sisters, when one of us is given
		
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			a special gift by an authority,
		
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			not valuing the gift
		
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			not valuing the gift, disregarding it is actually
		
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			a form of disrespect of the authority.
		
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			Right? If someone
		
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			who you're supposed to respect, you know, could
		
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			be someone who you love. It could be
		
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			someone that, you know, is an authority that
		
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			you're supposed to respect. If they give you
		
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			a gift and you don't value that gift,
		
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			you don't care about that gift, you're careless
		
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			about that gift, then that's a form of
		
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			disrespect
		
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			and a a form of, an expression of
		
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			a lack of loyalty towards
		
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			that authority.
		
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			So the way we think about and approach
		
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			our salah is indicative of the state of
		
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			our relationship with Allah
		
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			The way we forget about even offering, the
		
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			way we think and approach our salah
		
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			is indicative of the state of our relationship
		
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			with Allah
		
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			The prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam has told us
		
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			that
		
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			That the first matter that the slave that
		
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			the servant will be brought to account for
		
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			on the day of judgement is the prayer.
		
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			If the prayer is sound,
		
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			then the rest of his deeds will also
		
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			be sound.
		
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			Why? Because it's indicative of our relationship with
		
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			Allah
		
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			While in And if it is bad, then
		
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			the rest of his deeds will also be
		
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			bad.
		
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			Right? So which that's what I said. We
		
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			wanna start. We're talking about preparing for Ramadan.
		
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			We're talking about improving our relationship with Allah
		
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			Let us start with salah because that is
		
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			what matters most. That is what is indicative
		
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			of whatever else is to follow. The prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wasallam also said similar opening of
		
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			the hadith that
		
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			And then a little bit different now, the
		
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			first narration was in Tarani and Sahih narration.
		
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			This is in Thimidhi and others
		
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			that
		
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			if they are in order,
		
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			if they are in order
		
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			If they are in order, then he will
		
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			have prospered and succeeded.
		
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			If his prayer is in order if her
		
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			prayer is in order,
		
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			they will have
		
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			prospered and succeeded.
		
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			However,
		
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			If they are lacking, then he will have
		
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			failed and lost. May Allah protect us.
		
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			If there is something now we learn another
		
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			principle here. That if there is something that
		
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			is defective in his obligatory prayers,
		
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			Then the Lord the exalted will say,
		
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			see if my servant
		
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			has any voluntary prayers which can complete what
		
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			is lacking in
		
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			the obligatory prayers.
		
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			Then the rest of the action, the prophet
		
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			said that the rest of the actions will
		
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			be judged in the same way as well.
		
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			Meaning, the same principle will apply that the
		
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			obligatory action will be looked at first.
		
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			If they are lacking, then
		
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			it will be sent check to see if
		
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			there are any voluntary extra actions
		
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			of that category. Right? So salah, extra salah,
		
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			salah, extra salah, extra salah,
		
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			extra salah, as a cat. Right? So and
		
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			so forth. And it will be judged in
		
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			the same way. Okay? But we learn is
		
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			the first will be salah and
		
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			if, you know, it is lacking, the prophet
		
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			said, the person will have failed and lost.
		
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			So we learn, my brothers and sisters, the
		
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			importance
		
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			of the quality
		
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			and the quantity of salah.
		
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			Often that's what's in a quality versus quantity.
		
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			No. It should be quantity versus quality. You
		
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			know, it's all discussion. Right? So here we
		
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			learn of the importance of the quality and
		
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			the quantity of salah. So focus on the
		
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			quality, but quantity is also value.
		
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			Quantity
		
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			is also valuable because if a person is
		
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			only focusing on their form and let's say
		
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			something is lacking, right, we're all human beings,
		
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			then if they don't have anything extra, then
		
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			if they may not be able to, you
		
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			know, to make up for it. Right? So
		
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			quantity, yes, very important, but quantity is also
		
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			valuable. So as we prepare for Ramadan, my
		
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			brothers and sisters, let's start with our salah.
		
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			So number 1,
		
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			to recap, mindset.
		
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			Right? To look at it as a gift,
		
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			not as a burden.
		
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			Right? Not just something that has many benefits,
		
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			but it is but something that is actually
		
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			linked to our eternal success. So we want
		
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			to do it properly.
		
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			We want to offer it. We want to
		
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			be at the forefront and we want to
		
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			do it properly.
		
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			Number 2, the time. Because the Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala tells us,
		
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			that indeed performing prayers is a duty on
		
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			the believers at the appointed times.
		
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			Right? At the appointed times. So don't delay
		
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			unnecessarily
		
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			to the end time. Right? If you have
		
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			something and you can't do it earlier, that's
		
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			different. But unnecessarily when you do have the
		
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			time, delaying it till the end time because
		
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			what does it say about your feelings about
		
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			salah?
		
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			If you're constantly running late,
		
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			what does it say about your approach to
		
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			salah? What does it say about your mindset
		
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			regarding salah? Right? So be careful about the
		
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			time, and the time is about to change,
		
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			by the way, next week. Right? March 14th.
		
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			Time's gonna change. The prayer times are also
		
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			gonna change. Right? So it's important that we
		
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			keep that in mind and and look at
		
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			it and plan our days accordingly
		
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			so that we can try to offer,
		
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			our prayers at the at the right time,
		
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			as much as possible. Thirdly, the quality.
		
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			Right? So offering
		
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			our salah properly as taught by the prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam as understood by the
		
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			sahaba radiAllahu anhu as explained by our early
		
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			scholars. Right? So to try so understanding the
		
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			the juristic, you know, teachings, the the fiqh
		
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			of it, right, and try to do it
		
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			properly.
		
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			Trying to offering jama'ah in the masjid when
		
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			possible, especially for the brothers. If not in
		
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			the masjid, then try to do jama'ah at
		
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			home or at work or wherever you are.
		
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			Right? So that aspect of it has to
		
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			do with quality,
		
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			building concentration and devotion.
		
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			Right? For sure and salah, of course. So
		
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			there's the the aspect of it in doing
		
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			following all the rules properly, but also the
		
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			state of the salah. Right? How we feel
		
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			during the salah.
		
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			And one way to do it is to
		
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			explore the wisdoms and the secrets.
		
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			Explore the wisdoms and the secrets,
		
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			of salah and reflect on the meaning meanings
		
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			of the duas that we recite, the verses
		
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			of the Quran. Right? And this is why
		
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			it's important as I think I mentioned once
		
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			before, like, you know, if you're flying through
		
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			our salah, we're just reciting.
		
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			Yeah. Like, okay. Maybe we're, offering it,
		
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			but that's not how it should be. Right?
		
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			So for that, we want to be able
		
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			to connect with the Quran that we're reciting.
		
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			If that means learning more Surah, if that
		
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			means reading the tafsir of the ones that
		
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			we know, reading, you know, understanding
		
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			Arabic, whatever it is. But we want to
		
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			work on developing,
		
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			deepening our connection with whatever we do in
		
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			our salah.
		
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			And, of course, that feeling of humility because
		
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			that's what it's for. Right? It's for building
		
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			that humility in front of Allah
		
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			So that all of this has to do
		
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			with the quality. And finally, my brothers and
		
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			sisters, the quantity of our salah as well,
		
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			increasing our voluntary prayers while trying to maintain
		
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			quality. You know? So the balance between quality
		
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			and quantity so, yes, maintaining its quality but
		
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			also trying to increase the quantity,
		
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			especially at night or early morning,
		
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			especially at night and early morning. And this
		
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			is preparation for Ramadan. And one of the
		
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			things that you can try to do is
		
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			try to add a little bit extra even
		
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			if it's just after salatul alisha. Maybe you're
		
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			not able to wake up in the middle
		
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			of the night. Maybe you're not able to
		
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			wake up before fajr. Okay. Then even after
		
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			isha,
		
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			add 2 rakats,
		
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			add 4 rakats. Just add something,
		
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			you know, and see and make the
		
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			and
		
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			will give you his tafamah. Well, Allah knows
		
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			your intentions.
		
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			Perhaps he will count it as
		
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			You will get the reward for it. And
		
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			that will be a launch pad, right, to
		
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			build up especially
		
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			as Ramadan comes up. And, you know, if
		
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			you're offering taraweeh and Ramadan,
		
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			try to continue a little bit after Ramadan
		
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			as well. I mean, it won't be taraweeh.
		
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			Right? Because that means for Ramadan. But
		
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			whatever, you know, enough of extra pairs, try
		
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			to continue some after Ramadan as well
		
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			so that you stay in that habit and
		
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			slowly and slowly, you can add more inshallah.
		
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			Allah says,
		
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			and whoever is mindful of Allah, he will
		
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			make a way out for them.
		
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			And provide for them from sources that they
		
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			could never imagine.
		
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			And
		
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			whoever puts their trust in Allah,
		
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			then He alone is sufficient for them.
		
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			Certainly, Allah
		
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			achieves
		
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			as
		
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			well.
		
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			Allah has already set a destiny for everything.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please forgive us for all of
		
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			our minor and major sins.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please enable us to perfect our
		
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			salah.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please change our perspectives regarding our
		
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			salah.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please guide us to value our
		
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			salah.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please guide us to offer salah.
		
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			Oh, Allah, guide us to offer and establish
		
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			salah the way you want us to do
		
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			it.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please forgive us for all of
		
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			our shortcomings and our prayers.
		
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			O Allah, all the times that we have
		
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			been late, o Allah, all the times that
		
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			we have missed our prayers, o Allah, all
		
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			the times that we do not wake up
		
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			for Fajr, o Allah, all of the times
		
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			that we have been distracted,
		
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			o Allah, all of the times when we
		
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			were making mistakes, O Allah we don't want
		
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			to be to be among those who show
		
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			up on the day of judgment and the
		
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			salah is evaluated and they find out that
		
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			the salah was lacking.
		
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			O Allah please forgive us. O
		
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			Allah please forgive us regarding our shortcomings in
		
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			our prayers.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please make us those who are
		
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			firm in their prayers, who have for sure
		
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			in their prayers. Oh, Allah, regarding those that
		
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			you have said. Oh,
		
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			Allah, please make us from amongst those believers.
		
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			Oh, Allah. Please grant us a good return
		
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			to you in a state of salah.
		
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			Oh, Allah. In a state of sujood.
		
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			Oh, Allah. In a state of submission to
		
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			you.
		
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			Oh, Allah. Please purify our hearts.
		
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			Oh, Allah. With the light of iman and
		
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			the strand of taqwa. With love for you
		
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			and your book and your beloved, sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wa sallam.
		
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			O Allah, please purify our hearts, our minds
		
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			of all evil thoughts and all distractions.
		
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			Anything that takes us away from you.
		
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			O Allah, please make our minds, our bodies,
		
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			our souls true believers in every way, You
		
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			Rabbil Alemen. O Allah, please envelope us all
		
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			in your unseen protection, You Rabbil Alemen. O
		
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			Allah, please cure all of our brothers and
		
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			sisters who are ill, who are facing hardships
		
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			and struggles with regards to their health and
		
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			their bodies, You Rabbil Alemen. O Allah, our
		
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			brothers and sisters in long term living with
		
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			long term pain, our elders and sister in
		
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			pain and weakness. Oh, Allah, our elders who
		
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			are dealing with cancer and other illnesses. Oh,
		
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			Allah, all of our relatives and friends dealing
		
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			with COVID 19. Oh, Allah, anyone who is
		
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			ill, oh Allah, please grant them a speedy
		
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			and complete recovery. You are
		
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			the cure. Oh Allah, you are the healer.
		
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			Oh Allah, nobody else can heal. Oh Allah,
		
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			no medication, no vaccination.
		
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			Oh Allah, nothing can work except with your
		
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			permission. Oh, Allah, please grant protection
		
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			and cure to all of us, all of
		
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			them. You're.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please grant relief to all of
		
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			those who are experiencing distress, anxiety and grief,
		
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			depression or any other types of suffering. Replace
		
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			it with happiness and ease.
		
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			Oh, Allah, please remove trials and hardships from
		
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			the lives of our brothers and sisters all
		
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			around the world.
		
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			Oh,
		
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			Allah, at this moment they're going through unimaginable
		
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			hardships. Oh, Allah, you know their situation. Oh,
		
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			Allah, you know what they're feeling and what
		
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			they're experiencing.
		
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			Oh, Allah, out of your infinite mercy. Oh,
		
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			Allah, please remove the hardships and grant them
		
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			ease.
		
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			Oh, Allah, so many of our households facing
		
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			family problems, issues between spouses, parents and children.
		
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			Oh, Allah, so many other disagreements and challenges.
		
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			Oh Allah, please remove all of these disagreements
		
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			and grant love and unity in all of
		
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			our homes and families.
		
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			My brothers and sisters. May Allah bless you
		
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			all. Those who are registered, please come at
		
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			your allotted times. Those who are at home,
		
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			please offer your Lord prayer. May Allah grant
		
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			the reward from Friday prayer, which is