Suhaib Webb – The Great Journey Treasures from Hadith Imam

Suhaib Webb
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The speakers discuss the importance of reading and affirming Islam, including verifying witness and affirming the presence of God. They stress the importance of testing one's witnessing and affirming in order to be considered a winner of Islam. The speakers also emphasize the importance of praying with family members and bringing their own experiences to the conversation. The conversation ends with a recommendation for a book on the Valentine's Day celebrations and a discussion of teaching children to take ownership of their religious responsibility.
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We praise Allah

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We send peace and blessings upon,

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our beloved messenger, Muhammad

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upon his family, his companions,

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and those who follow them until the end

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of time.

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I hope everybody is doing awesome.

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It's been a busy week for me,

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and I know a lot of friends I've

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been talking to.

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Hassan,

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and Omar

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have been, like, super busy. So tonight, we're

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gonna keep it rather brief, but we we

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appreciate all the love.

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So we try to

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meet now biweekly

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to continue to read

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this text,

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of Sheikh Abdul Adaras.

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We finished about a third of the book,

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and

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it's a good book, man. It's a good

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book to be exposed to, especially in a

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time of great destabilization.

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In a time where there's a lot of

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things happening, it's good to come together and

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read hadith,

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and reflect on on,

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the guidance of the prophet, sallallahu alaihi. So

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we should ask ourselves as a Muslim community,

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when we look at our cultural production, our

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economic production, and our political production,

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what is really kind of the source and

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motivation of our thoughts?

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What is, if you will, the ore of

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our thinking?

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So the more that we expose ourselves to

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the teachings of al Islam through the Quran

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and through hadith of the prophet, the more

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we are exposed, right,

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to to proper thinking.

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So

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after talking about revelation

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in the opening chapter and then mentioning,

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numerous hadith

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that teach us about how revelation started, how

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it happened,

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how the prophet

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passed on the Quran and the hadith to

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his companions.

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Sheikh Abdul Duraz then moves into the next

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chapter, which is on haqqiqat al iman wadeen,

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right, which is on faith in Islam.

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And oftentimes, what I've noticed is when I

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read these hadith to people, even born Muslims,

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they are

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unaware of some of the things found in

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these beautiful hadith,

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So every other week, we gather together to

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read this book, actually, doctor Mustafa Imara,

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was one of my teachers,

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who was a teacher in hadith I read

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to,

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he advised me to teach this book in

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English years ago,

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maybe 7 years ago.

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And as I mentioned before, this book is

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actually the summary,

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This is the summary of Imam al Zubaydi's,

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summary of the book originally written by Imam

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Iba Athir, which is, like, 14 volumes.

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Zubaydee's volume is 4 volumes, and now this

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one, is

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just one volume.

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Thank you, guys. Really appreciate

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all the love and the nice comments, man.

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It's very good, alhamdulillah. So today we'll read

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1 hadith, insha Allah, offer a little bit

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of a brief explanation. If you have, like,

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non Muslim friends,

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you may wanna ask them to come and

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listen, because we're gonna talk about things, especially

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if they're Christian,

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that are,

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gonna be important for them. And if you

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know people who are interested in embracing Al

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Islam,

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that's good. And then you yourself, you wanna

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listen so you can be an advocate. Right?

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So that you can be an advocate for

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Islam. Also, next week, Inshallah at Swiss, we're

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gonna be starting a class on Saturday morning,

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10:30

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eastern time

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with, Ustadhah Jinan Yousef, who's gonna be teaching

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her book Reflections on the Name of Allah.

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Subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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That book is available in Amazon, published through

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Al Buruj Press, but she's gonna start teaching

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that next Saturday at Swiss. So if you're

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interested, you can enroll,

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as Suhay Badriqah.

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So here we go, Anhuqaan Anubaredt

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Nussamit.

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And we know that he

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he witnessed both of the Aqabas,

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and he was in the battle of Badr

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And he was from those who actually memorized

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the Quran

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in the time of the prophet

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alaihi wasallam. Ubada ibn Samit

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And we find in the collections of Imam

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Abu Hari

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and Imam Muslim, Tin Hadith from Ubada ibn

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Aswamat radiAllahu an.

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And

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he lived an incredible life.

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He he died in Philistine.

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You know, Abadat and the Samet is actually

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buried in Philistine,

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and he died there around 34

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after Hijri.

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34 years after the migration of the prophet,

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. And he says a

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hadith, wallahi, it should allow each and every

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one of us to truly appreciate that Allah

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has guided us to Islam.

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Alhamdulillah.

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He says,

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I haven't I haven't talked about this before.

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But in in the science of hadith, when

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a Sahabi says,

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this means that they are quoting the prophet

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verbatim.

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Different than than than

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or or

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or he

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says

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This means now that they are quoting

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from the prophet

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word for

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word. He says,

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What a beautiful hadith.

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Especially,

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we live in a time

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where everybody is making

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Muslims angry

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amongst Muslims. Like, everyone is making Muslims sad.

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The the slant of dawah is let's make

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Muslims feel bad about themselves, and somehow feeling

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bad about themselves

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will somehow reignite

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the ummah.

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But this is a disaster.

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Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, said to the prophet

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in Mecca, wa bashiril mumini.

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Make the believers happy.

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Bring them joy. Salallahu alaihi wa sallam. And

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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he said in Surat Baqarah wa bashir I

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sabiri to the people in in Medina,

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you know, tell them, bring them good news.

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Of course, the good news is conditioned.

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But but subhanAllah, in a community which is

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being attacked by Islamophobes,

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Islamophobes

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is the

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the

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the the commodification of hate,

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the ability to to create

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financial rumination,

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remuneration for people who hate Muslims.

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You can become a millionaire. One time a

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person told me, if you're apostate and left

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Islam, we can make you a millionaire. I

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was like, what are you talking about? What

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what how do you think we actually believe

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in our religion, man. Like, we actually believe

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in our religion.

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But but there is a hatred directed towards

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Muslims

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in entertainment,

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in military invasions of the Muslim world, the

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continued aggression in Muslim in the Muslim world.

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We see that there's a hatred for Muslim

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in so many places.

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So

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why in the name of trying to motivate

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Muslims,

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would you as a Muslim wanna make them

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feel bad?

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That is

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counterproductive.

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There is certainly a time to hold people

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accountable. There is a discipline involved,

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but

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also then make people happy.

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That's why Abdullah ibn Awar, he mentioned the

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foolishness of of people who use verses in

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the Quran

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that talk about the Kufar and tell the

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Muslims that these verses are talking about them.

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This is a disaster. In fact, it's a

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sign of the khawarij.

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So here, masha'Allah,

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listen to this hadith.

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Listen to how beautiful this hadith is, and

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the next few hadith that we're going to

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read

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should really cause you to feel, like, special,

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not in an arrogant way, but, like, humble

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to Allah

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and appreciative that Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, has

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chose you to be someone who has faith

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in their hearts and has the correct faith.

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The prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, has said,

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Man, listen to this. And if you feel,

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as you're listening, like you're overcome by evil,

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you made serious mistakes, you slipped. Man, we

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all make mistakes, man.

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We all make mistakes.

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If you if you if you sinned in

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ways that you feel, you know, like really,

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really burdened by them, just do me a

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favor. Just say.

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Just say that

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and say it from your heart

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because listen to this hadith.

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He

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said that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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has said, whoever

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shaheedah. The word shaheed means 2 things.

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If I say it,

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in the context of, like, a phrase like

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shahid to Ramadan,

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then that means that I witnessed something. Right?

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Shahid 2 hilalah

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Ramadan. I witnessed

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the

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moon, you know, the sighting of the moon

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for Ramadan.

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I saw I I I was there when

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Suhaib was at his house.

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That's why some time times people make it,

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an error in translation. I say disrespectfully,

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translation is not easy. But they translate

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it as witness,

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but it's not witness.

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When we use the word shahida with a

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clause or with a phrase, it carries the

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meaning of Al Iqurar.

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Al Iqurar means that I affirm.

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We say in Islamic law,

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To admit something

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to admit to something is the best evidence.

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So when I say

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it means I was present when the when

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the moon was spotted.

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But if I said

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this means now I affirm.

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I admit

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that there is nothing except Allah.

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That is a worth that is worthy of

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worship. So here when we say

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I affirm

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and I admit that there's nothing in existence

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worthy of worship but Allah. And that means

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the following. That number 1, each and every

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one of us are responsible for learning.

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Each and every one of us are responsible

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for learning. Because in order for me to

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admit something, I have to know it.

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I have to bear witness to it.

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So the hadith says, and

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also that means responsibility on me. I can't

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I can't live my religion through others.

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I can't live religion through my culture. I

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can't live religion through great parents or ancestors.

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I am

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responsible

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for my faith.

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The prophet

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said every soul is in charge of itself.

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Either they will sell it in in into

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the dunya or they will free it.

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So everyone's

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responsible. Nobody nobody else

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can do the job for you and me.

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I am

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testifying to this.

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In order for me to testify and affirm

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it, I have to know it.

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Also, if I if I believe something and

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I I affirm it, then I have to

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spread it.

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Masha'Allah. So

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Allah says

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Allah says don't hide

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your witness. This is specifically talking about in

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a court case. Right?

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But you and I as Muslims, the prophet

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that you all as Muslims, your job is

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to bear witness to Allah

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on earth.

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When we hide our religion

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and we get scared and mute ourselves,

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and we don't implicitly I'm not saying explicitly,

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but we don't show the the light of

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the religion from our character and how we

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carry ourselves,

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we are making kitaman of the shahara.

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We are not giving the witness that we

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know about.

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So he says,

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who testifies that there's nothing in existence

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worth worthy of worship in truth except Allah.

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The one who has no

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likeness and no partners and no associates.

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Meaning that nothing is like Allah's names, nothing

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is like Allah's attributes, and nothing engages

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in the actions of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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That shirk.

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And the word Muhammad

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Who's the thief?

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The prophet said the thief is the one

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who hears my name and doesn't send salawat

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upon me.

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And the prophet salawat alayhi wasalam said, man,

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salawat alayhi, a shala, whoever sends peace and

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blessings upon me, Allah

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will send 10 peace and blessings upon them.

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala commands us to make

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salawat upon the prophet

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So the verse says that Allah, the angels,

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and the believers send peace and blessings upon

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the prophet.

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So that's why one of our teachers said

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if you wanna be angelic,

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send salawat upon the prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam. And Allah Subhanahu alaihi

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wa sallam,

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If you sin salawat upon the prophet

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Allah will take you from

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darknesses to light. Subhanu'Allah. Subhanu'Allah.

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And and this is something that we should

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have as a regular spiritual practice.

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Every day, we should be sending salawat upon

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Sayna Muhammad,

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salallahu alayhi wasalam and saying.

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The prophet

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said. The best thing that I said and

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the prophets before me said is.

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The second is Sarawat alasayni Rasulillah,

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sallallahu alaihi wasalam,

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as much as we can because, masha'Allah, there

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are so many numerous

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blessings associated

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with sending peace and blessings upon the prophet.

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When I feel down, instead of jumping and

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looking online or looking at my phone, let

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me sit and make salawat. Watch the difference.

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Watch the difference this week, I challenge you.

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When you feel down, when you feel overcome

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by something, you wanna jump on on your

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phone and look and see what other people

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are doing, and that just makes you feel

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worse about yourself because you're not doing what

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they're doing. Don't do that.

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That's making of the dunya.

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Instead,

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sit down,

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take some time out, and make salawat. Say

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La'illa Hilalah

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and salawat to Adasay Nabasulillah.

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See the difference.

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See the difference. And the more you do

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this,

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especially saying

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and sending salawat upon the prophet, your heart,

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inshallah, will be illuminated,

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and you will feel less

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need to be dependent

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on the dunya.

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The emancipation

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Whoever does this,

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they testify

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that there's nothing in existence worthy of worship

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by Allah. And that Muhammad salallahu alaihi wasalam

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is

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Abu Huwarsuru,

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the slave of Allah and the messenger of

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Allah.

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The slave of Allah, meaning that the best

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Ibad, the best person. If you want to

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see how to worship Allah, look at Muhammad

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The word Muhammad

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is from the word

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We teach 4 aspects of Arabic,

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grammar,

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morphology,

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rhetoric, and literature.

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Literature is very important.

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Right? So you understand the meanings of the

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words.

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So that the deeper the deeper you understand

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the words, the deeper you can contextualize

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Islam into your life.

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So Mohammed

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is the one who

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is doing things

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that demand the praise of others consistently.

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That is the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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His character,

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his morality,

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his fidelity,

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his integrity,

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,

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it it

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demands praise.

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Now let's ask ourselves as the followers of

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Muhammad. Let me ask myself

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as a as a father,

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as a husband.

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Am I doing things that my child sees

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me as Mohammed?

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Meaning literally, does my daughter or my children

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see me, my oldest, and my son? Do

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they see me as someone who's worthy of

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praise? Does my wife see me as someone

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worthy? This is one of the secrets of

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why our our prophet, his name is Muhammad,

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Because each and every

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one, we have to ask ourselves,

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Although although we cannot be Muhammad,

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we cannot be Muhammad, alayhis salaam,

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but as his followers, the people around us,

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what they say, you know what? This person

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this person

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is a person who,

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Masha'allah,

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is someone who deserves praise,

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is someone who deserves attention.

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Now

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me as the follower, am I Muhammad?

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Let me ask my spouse. Let me ask

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my coworkers. Let me ask my kids. You

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know, am I someone that inspires others?

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And that's one of the seer

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Abu

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because he's the perfect

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worshiper.

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If anyone wants to know how to worship

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Allah

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that's why Allah in the Quran calls him

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over and over.

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The best name anyone can have is Abdullah.

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But how many of us who are Abdul

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Dunya, Abdul Instagram,

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Abdul TikTok, Abdul Snapchat, Abdul YouTube, Abdul

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Abdul Clubhouse,

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Abdul Nas,

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and Abdullah.

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You know what? One of the most important

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signs of being the servant of Allah is

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freedom.

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The opposite of what people think.

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Because

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the person who truly

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finds

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joy in being the servant of Allah or

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obeying Allah

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is free of the the lowliness

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of this world.

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Subhanallah.

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Subhanallah.

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That's why Al Busti, you know, he says

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something

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very nice. He said, you know,

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Oh, you who seek to build a broken

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down home.

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You trying to find profit in something that

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was created broken is the dunya.

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Like, trying to

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be overly

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attached and unhealthily

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attached to the dunya, al Busti, the great

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poet, is saying is like trying to build

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a house that's already dilapidated.

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So you should work, he says, on your

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heart and cultivate its best qualities because it's

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your heart, not this outer stuff that makes

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you a person,

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that truly makes you human.

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So the prophet Abdul,

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Abdullah,

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how can I know if I'm a good

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at Abdullah? By the choices I make.

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It's not complicated.

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By the choices I make.

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Is the one Allah sent with faith and

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with Sharia.

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And we know the prophet is Khatam al

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Ambiya.

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And the hadith continues and

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that Isa, whoever

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affirms that Isa,

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affirms that Jesus, although there was no j

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in his language, this came later,

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is the servant, the slave of Allah and

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his messenger.

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And the word of God. And what does

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it mean by the word of God? Is

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that saying, Nisa, was created by

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Most of us all of human beings except

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Sayyidina Adam were created what we see through

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with parents.

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Right?

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But Sayyidina Isa Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala kun

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Allah.

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Mariam

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who was delivered to say to Mariam.

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This is in the Quran. What does it

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mean?

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The from God? Sometimes we see some Christian

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apologetics

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that try to say, see, even

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your text say that Jesus was the spirit

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from God.

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Well,

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you know,

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when the the roosters leave, the chickens became

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the rooster. Let's say so we can say

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about that interpretation, man.

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When LeBron when LeBron leaves, everyone start balling.

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Right? So you're gonna step in and try

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to tell us what our own religion is

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saying about our self. This is appropriation. This

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is spiritual gentrification.

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You know, insanity.

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But what we know is that in Surat

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Al Araf, this is in the Quran

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when he created all of creation,

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all human beings.

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And he said to all of creation,

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am I not your lord? And they said

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yes.

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And then we know that all those ruah,

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right, they were it was decreed that they

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will be, you know, the offspring of Adam

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through this parent, through this parent, through this

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parent. That's why one of the beautiful tafsir

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of ibn Abbas

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means Allah taught Adam all of our names,

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like our names, the names of his family,

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the names of his offspring,

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except one.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala kept that ruh

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to be placed in his mother

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when Allah

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said, and this is Sayyidina Isa That's

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why he's called

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Another really interesting point mentioned by Sayidna Imam

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al Sayyuti

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is that

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according to most books of theology, you know,

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there's a debate about who is the greatest

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Sahabi. Even amongst the Sunnis, the early Sunnis,

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there was a debate, who's the greatest Sahabi?

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This is the issue Hdi had.

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Although the majority of Sunnis say, Sayyiduna Abu

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Bakr.

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You have also some Sunnis who say, Sayyidna

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Ali.

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But what's interesting

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is Imam al Sayyuti says the best Sahabi

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is Issa.

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Because we we know that the majority of

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theologians believe Isa, he he didn't die.

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Right?

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Meaning I made you sleep.

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Put him in a state of of slumber.

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And raised you.

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Saydna imam Asiyuti says since Saydna Isa didn't

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die,

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and on the night of Isra and Mi'raj,

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Sayidina Nabi, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, he met

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Sayidina Isa.

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He met all the prophets,

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and they prayed behind him. All the other

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prophets had passed away, Well, only one of

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them was still alive, and this was Sayyidina

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Isa. Thus, Sayyidina Isa,

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he saw,

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masha'Allah, the prophet while he was alive.

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He prayed behind the prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam.

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So that means he believed in him.

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So sayna, Imam,

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Abdulrahman Sayyuti, he says,

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Jalaruddin Sayyuti, he says, that the greatest Sahabi

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is Isa, Allahu Akbar.

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Subhanallah, what a what a an idea.

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Masha'Allah.

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Because he met the prophet while he was

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alive. He believed in the prophet while he

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was alive, and he will die as a

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Muslim.

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So he said, according to him, masha'Allah,

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Sayidna Isa

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is the greatest Sahami. Then here's the beautiful

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part. Here's why I said if you feel

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that you're drowning in sin, say

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because the prophet said

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Whoever says this,

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whoever testifies to this, whoever affirms this,

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that Muhammad is the servant and messenger of

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Allah, and that Isa is the servant and

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messenger of Allah, and the and the and

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the the command of God given to Miriam

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and the spirit dispensed by God, and that

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Jannah is true, and that * is true.

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Allah will enter this person into Jannah.

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No matter what they did in this life.

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Allah will enter you,

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that person,

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into Jannah

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no matter what they did.

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SubhanAllah.

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So let's say it together. I'll say it.

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You can repeat after me.

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Now we can say it in English. For

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people who cannot say it in Arabic, that's

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okay.

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I testify

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that there's nothing in existence worthy of worship

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by Allah.

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One with no partners.

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And I testify that Muhammad

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sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam is a servant of Allah

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and his messenger,

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and that Isa is a servant of Allah

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and his messenger,

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and the command of Allah given to Mary,

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and the spirit dispensed by Allah,

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and that paradise is true, and that *

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is true. Masha'Allah.

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If you said this,

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and if I said this with sincerity,

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to give us Jannah. This hadith

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This hadith is related by a Bukhari and

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Muslim

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Wasayna Tiramizi.

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Before we finish, we

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take your questions.

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This hadith actually, Sheikh Sheikh Abdulah Mohammed Abdullah

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Duraz. He says something very beautiful, masha'Allah,

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that I want to share with you. Masha'Allah,

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masha'Allah. I see some of our Swiss students

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in the house too.

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Sheikh Mohammed Abdul Adrazz, he says

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He said that in this one narration, the

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prophet

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has

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brought together

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the foundations

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of religion

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that is going to

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cause someone to be successful in the hereafter.

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You know what's scary?

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One time, inshallah, I was teaching this, and

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I read these hadith,

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a hadith, and somebody came to me who

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was born Muslim.

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2 people actually. And they said, if we

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say

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and strive

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in this life to be be be decent

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Muslims, We can go to Jannah?

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Absolutely. What what did you think? That the

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struggle was for nothing?

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Wallahi, my advice to

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content providers

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and people teaching religion,

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because not everybody should be teaching, but it

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is what it is. If you're out there

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and you are advising people

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and guiding people, if you get to the

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point that you have taught the Muslims

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such that they lose hope

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in Allah in entering Jannah, you're a disaster.

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You're a disaster.

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And this hadith is related by Buhari and

00:32:02 --> 00:32:02

Muslim.

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When I post this on the IG page,

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I'll put the hadith for you.

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So he says sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Jaraz

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That the prophet

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in this narration

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is bringing together 3 foundations

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of faith that are going to lead to

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salvation in the next life.

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Now he says something so nice.

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He said, and that these foundations that will

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give you success in the hereafter

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are only 3.

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Yeah. Hello. Only 3?

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Just I need to, like, learn and live

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3 things?

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That's easy that's easier than keto.

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You know what I'm saying? That's easier than

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keto.

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That's easier to learn how to play warzone

00:33:06 --> 00:33:07

on call of duty.

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That's easier than, you know, keeping up with

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whatever I'm just I need to learn and

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live and struggle with 3 things throughout my

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life. These three things should be

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the constants of our life. They should be

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what drives us, what sets

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our focus in our life.

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And what are those three things? And then

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we'll finish

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for tonight.

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Allah. The first is knowing Allah.

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Allah. You wanna write this down.

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That studying about God and studying about Allah,

00:33:51 --> 00:33:52

his attributes,

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his power, his authority

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In Sunni,

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classical Sunni Sunni pedagogy is called.

00:34:09 --> 00:34:09

The second,

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Here comes our atheist friends. You know, love

00:34:20 --> 00:34:22

you, atheist guys. You're so cute.

00:34:24 --> 00:34:26

Atheists, you know, it's always funny when the

00:34:26 --> 00:34:27

atheist says,

00:34:28 --> 00:34:30

m f u, go to blah blah blah

00:34:30 --> 00:34:32

blah blah. They start dropping more cuss words,

00:34:32 --> 00:34:33

you know what I'm saying, than you could

00:34:33 --> 00:34:35

ever imagine. And then they're like, I don't

00:34:35 --> 00:34:36

need religion.

00:34:39 --> 00:34:42

Yeah. Okay. And religion don't need you.

00:34:44 --> 00:34:45

You know what I'm saying? Like,

00:34:45 --> 00:34:47

obviously, you're hurting,

00:34:48 --> 00:34:50

and, obviously, we live in your brain rent

00:34:50 --> 00:34:54

free. Like religious people, especially Muslims,

00:34:54 --> 00:34:55

We occupy

00:34:55 --> 00:34:58

a space in Richard Dawson's brain

00:34:58 --> 00:35:01

rent free. We have a penthouse

00:35:01 --> 00:35:03

in Richard Dawson's brain.

00:35:04 --> 00:35:06

I do not think about Richard Dawson.

00:35:07 --> 00:35:09

The only time I may think about him

00:35:09 --> 00:35:11

is if I had some really, really spicy

00:35:11 --> 00:35:12

nahari.

00:35:12 --> 00:35:14

That's about it. You know what I'm saying?

00:35:15 --> 00:35:17

Or or, like, yeah.

00:35:17 --> 00:35:19

You know, I'm going through some serious

00:35:20 --> 00:35:21

gastro pain,

00:35:22 --> 00:35:24

but I don't sit around at night and,

00:35:24 --> 00:35:26

like, yo, what are the atheists up to?

00:35:26 --> 00:35:28

Yeah. Let me go on the atheist guy's

00:35:28 --> 00:35:31

Instagram page and start cussing them out, and

00:35:31 --> 00:35:32

then I can tell them how awesome Islam

00:35:32 --> 00:35:34

is because I'm so

00:35:34 --> 00:35:35

intellectually

00:35:35 --> 00:35:36

astute.

00:35:37 --> 00:35:39

I'm so intellectually astute.

00:35:40 --> 00:35:41

I'm such a refined,

00:35:42 --> 00:35:42

Eurocentric,

00:35:43 --> 00:35:44

closet, white supremacist

00:35:45 --> 00:35:45

clown,

00:35:47 --> 00:35:48

But I don't need religion.

00:35:50 --> 00:35:51

Hold on. I'll put a little bit on

00:35:51 --> 00:35:53

here. I'll be like, really? Really? That's what

00:35:53 --> 00:35:54

it is.

00:35:54 --> 00:35:56

So tonight, we had 3 guests.

00:35:57 --> 00:35:59

The only thing that you've done

00:36:00 --> 00:36:01

in your refined

00:36:01 --> 00:36:02

behavior,

00:36:03 --> 00:36:04

your refined behavior,

00:36:04 --> 00:36:07

if you've affirmed in our hearts that you

00:36:07 --> 00:36:08

are absolutely

00:36:09 --> 00:36:09

baqwas,

00:36:12 --> 00:36:13

and I'll let my brothers and sisters who

00:36:13 --> 00:36:15

know what baqwas is

00:36:16 --> 00:36:17

translate baqwas.

00:36:18 --> 00:36:21

The only thing that the atheists have done

00:36:21 --> 00:36:23

by showing up on Instagram tonight

00:36:23 --> 00:36:26

has reaffirmed for us that they are absolutely

00:36:27 --> 00:36:29

successfully on falsehood.

00:36:31 --> 00:36:33

Just keep at it, bro. You just strengthen

00:36:33 --> 00:36:35

our faith. Every time you drop a f

00:36:35 --> 00:36:37

bomb, it's like, I feel my iman like

00:36:37 --> 00:36:37

blah.

00:36:38 --> 00:36:40

It's a faith bomb. For you, it's a

00:36:40 --> 00:36:41

f bomb.

00:36:41 --> 00:36:42

For me,

00:36:43 --> 00:36:44

it's a faith bomb.

00:36:46 --> 00:36:46

Yeah.

00:36:47 --> 00:36:47

Mhmm.

00:36:48 --> 00:36:49

Because you're so refined.

00:36:50 --> 00:36:53

You're so refined that instead of being at

00:36:53 --> 00:36:55

some kind of refined event,

00:36:57 --> 00:36:59

you here us out.

00:37:00 --> 00:37:02

I mean, if we weren't here right now,

00:37:02 --> 00:37:04

I'm sure we all got something we could

00:37:04 --> 00:37:05

do.

00:37:06 --> 00:37:06

Anyways,

00:37:09 --> 00:37:11

back to the story. So

00:37:16 --> 00:37:17

The second is

00:37:21 --> 00:37:22

The second component of foundational

00:37:23 --> 00:37:26

arqidah and faith is to believe in those

00:37:26 --> 00:37:29

things that teach us about God, act as,

00:37:29 --> 00:37:30

you know, educators.

00:37:32 --> 00:37:34

That means angels, prophets,

00:37:35 --> 00:37:36

and books.

00:37:37 --> 00:37:40

Angels, prophets, and books. So that's the second

00:37:40 --> 00:37:43

thing. When the prophet said, you know, whoever

00:37:43 --> 00:37:45

testifies, la ilaha illallah, this is the first.

00:37:46 --> 00:37:46

When

00:37:47 --> 00:37:47

he

00:37:50 --> 00:37:50

says

00:37:53 --> 00:37:55

Now he's talking about the second.

00:37:58 --> 00:38:00

Prophet's books and messengers

00:38:01 --> 00:38:02

and angels.

00:38:02 --> 00:38:03

And then the

00:38:08 --> 00:38:08

3rd,

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So

00:38:16 --> 00:38:18

three areas that make up the

00:38:22 --> 00:38:23

foundational beliefs of Muslims.

00:38:24 --> 00:38:25

1st is

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The second is

00:38:33 --> 00:38:34

prophets,

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and the third

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are those things which we call also

00:38:42 --> 00:38:43

the unseen.

00:38:44 --> 00:38:45

Why are they called

00:38:45 --> 00:38:48

actually answers the question someone just asked in

00:38:48 --> 00:38:50

Araby, one of our dear brothers. He said,

00:39:01 --> 00:39:04

He said, what is the first obligation upon

00:39:04 --> 00:39:06

not Muslims, but on people is to think?

00:39:12 --> 00:39:14

Right? We know that the first obligation upon

00:39:14 --> 00:39:16

every Muslim is to think.

00:39:16 --> 00:39:18

So, halla, this is agreed upon the majority

00:39:18 --> 00:39:19

of ahlif sunnah.

00:39:20 --> 00:39:21

And that's why this is called some yet.

00:39:21 --> 00:39:24

Why is it called some yet? Because you

00:39:24 --> 00:39:25

have to hear it. If I hear something,

00:39:25 --> 00:39:27

what do I have to do before I

00:39:27 --> 00:39:28

can affirm it? I hear it, and then

00:39:28 --> 00:39:31

what do I do? Thank you, Noble, and

00:39:31 --> 00:39:32

thank you for for, Yusuf,

00:39:33 --> 00:39:34

Habibi

00:39:34 --> 00:39:35

for for,

00:39:36 --> 00:39:37

typing it. So

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I have to affirm it.

00:39:40 --> 00:39:41

So as I finish,

00:39:42 --> 00:39:43

and we'll stop here, and we'll take any

00:39:43 --> 00:39:44

questions.

00:39:44 --> 00:39:46

Looks like the atheist bounced.

00:39:46 --> 00:39:47

Peace out, man.

00:39:48 --> 00:39:50

Don't let the screen hit you on the

00:39:50 --> 00:39:51

backside.

00:39:53 --> 00:39:55

This hadith of the prophet says

00:39:55 --> 00:39:58

from Abu Bari n Usamat, whoever affirms that

00:39:58 --> 00:40:00

there is no god except Allah,

00:40:01 --> 00:40:03

and that Muhammad the one without partners, that

00:40:03 --> 00:40:06

Muhammad is the servant and messenger of Allah,

00:40:06 --> 00:40:08

that Isa is the servant and messenger of

00:40:08 --> 00:40:10

Allah, and the command of a of of

00:40:10 --> 00:40:11

God

00:40:11 --> 00:40:13

sent to Mary, and the

00:40:13 --> 00:40:16

spirit dispatched by God, and that * is

00:40:16 --> 00:40:17

true and heaven is true.

00:40:22 --> 00:40:25

This person will be entered into Jannah regardless

00:40:25 --> 00:40:26

of what they've done. Any

00:40:28 --> 00:40:29

questions?

00:40:29 --> 00:40:31

If you have any questions, again, next week

00:40:32 --> 00:40:34

on Saturday at 10:30 AM EST,

00:40:35 --> 00:40:38

we're starting a class at SWISS with Justezza

00:40:38 --> 00:40:38

Jinen.

00:40:39 --> 00:40:40

She is, masha'Allah, incredible,

00:40:41 --> 00:40:43

on her book, The Reflections on the Names

00:40:43 --> 00:40:45

of Allah. What a great way to get

00:40:45 --> 00:40:47

ready for Ramadan. Right? You step into Ramadan.

00:40:48 --> 00:40:51

You're having, like, a nice, fresh understanding of

00:40:51 --> 00:40:53

the names of Allah. This will, alhamdulillah,

00:40:54 --> 00:40:56

really help you. I sent you 2 emails

00:40:56 --> 00:40:59

reaching out regarding a question I asked. Forgive

00:40:59 --> 00:41:00

me. I'm so busy, man.

00:41:01 --> 00:41:03

Even if you look at, like, social media,

00:41:03 --> 00:41:05

man, I'm not even there, bro. I got

00:41:05 --> 00:41:06

kids and bills.

00:41:06 --> 00:41:07

Oh, sorry. Sorry,

00:41:07 --> 00:41:08

sister.

00:41:09 --> 00:41:10

Kids and bills.

00:41:11 --> 00:41:13

Kids and bills. You know what I mean?

00:41:13 --> 00:41:15

I have not watched WandaVision yet. I have

00:41:15 --> 00:41:19

not watched, WandaVision yet. I have not watched

00:41:19 --> 00:41:20

WandaVision yet. No.

00:41:21 --> 00:41:22

No. No.

00:41:22 --> 00:41:24

I'm watching something else, but I'm not gonna

00:41:24 --> 00:41:25

tell you what it is

00:41:25 --> 00:41:28

because I I may lose my job.

00:41:28 --> 00:41:30

Any other questions

00:41:30 --> 00:41:31

or comments

00:41:31 --> 00:41:32

before,

00:41:34 --> 00:41:35

I let you guys go? Always a pleasure

00:41:35 --> 00:41:36

to see

00:41:36 --> 00:41:39

you, and spend some time with you every

00:41:39 --> 00:41:41

other week. Hopefully, in the future, we can

00:41:41 --> 00:41:41

pick it up,

00:41:42 --> 00:41:43

to every week,

00:41:44 --> 00:41:45

but we got things to do.

00:41:46 --> 00:41:47

I heard Soul is good, man. I haven't

00:41:47 --> 00:41:49

had a chance. I I don't have time,

00:41:49 --> 00:41:51

you know, to yeah. I know what to

00:41:51 --> 00:41:53

tell you. We gotta get that filming going,

00:41:53 --> 00:41:53

man.

00:41:55 --> 00:41:57

Just just forgive me. If those of you

00:41:57 --> 00:41:58

reached out, who responded,

00:41:58 --> 00:42:01

it's not it's nothing personal, man. You know,

00:42:01 --> 00:42:02

just just busy.

00:42:03 --> 00:42:05

Florida, one day, when the when the pandemic

00:42:05 --> 00:42:08

settles, hadith book represent recommendation. The 40 hadith

00:42:08 --> 00:42:10

of Imam Manawi is good.

00:42:10 --> 00:42:13

The 40 hadith. If someone can just live

00:42:13 --> 00:42:14

the 40 hadith of Imam Manawi,

00:42:16 --> 00:42:18

what else do you need, man? Just live

00:42:18 --> 00:42:20

the first 3 or 4 hadith from the

00:42:20 --> 00:42:21

hadith

00:42:21 --> 00:42:23

collection of the 40 hadith of Sayna Imam

00:42:23 --> 00:42:24

Anawi.

00:42:25 --> 00:42:26

Do you recommend?

00:42:27 --> 00:42:29

No. I don't I don't recommend that. I

00:42:29 --> 00:42:30

don't recommend that.

00:42:30 --> 00:42:33

Any other any other questions? I I recommend

00:42:33 --> 00:42:34

the Quran.

00:42:34 --> 00:42:36

Take your from the Quran.

00:42:44 --> 00:42:46

Christians made Jesus a part of the trinity

00:42:46 --> 00:42:48

as son of God. Some say they made

00:42:48 --> 00:42:49

angel Gabriel yeah.

00:42:50 --> 00:42:52

I mean, the Christians were influx until around

00:42:52 --> 00:42:54

400 years up after Christ. Right? You have

00:42:54 --> 00:42:54

in 2 40,

00:42:56 --> 00:42:58

you know, this idea that Christ is human

00:42:58 --> 00:43:00

and and that Christ Christ is sacred, then

00:43:00 --> 00:43:03

you have others, Nestorian Christians, who don't believe

00:43:04 --> 00:43:06

that. I mean, it was never just one

00:43:06 --> 00:43:06

belief.

00:43:07 --> 00:43:09

So that that that itself is very,

00:43:10 --> 00:43:12

you know, it's an interesting history.

00:43:13 --> 00:43:15

I like being alone. Do you think it's

00:43:15 --> 00:43:16

good? I don't know what do you mean

00:43:16 --> 00:43:18

by being alone. You know, there there certainly

00:43:18 --> 00:43:20

can be value to being alone, but the

00:43:20 --> 00:43:20

prophet

00:43:23 --> 00:43:25

the authentic hadith says this prophet forbid us

00:43:25 --> 00:43:27

from being perpetually alone,

00:43:28 --> 00:43:29

right, to, like, live

00:43:30 --> 00:43:31

in a in a,

00:43:31 --> 00:43:32

you know,

00:43:33 --> 00:43:34

away from people and just, like, live in

00:43:34 --> 00:43:35

a cave.

00:43:35 --> 00:43:37

I want to marry a Muslim convert, but

00:43:37 --> 00:43:39

his family is not Muslim. They're Christian. Is

00:43:39 --> 00:43:40

it concern for my parents? I think it's

00:43:40 --> 00:43:42

a you know, I'm a convert, so I

00:43:42 --> 00:43:44

think that's a realistic concern that can be

00:43:44 --> 00:43:45

addressed,

00:43:45 --> 00:43:47

Safa. And first, we pray that you your

00:43:47 --> 00:43:49

your marriage works out. You know, we pray

00:43:49 --> 00:43:51

that it it works out for you, and

00:43:51 --> 00:43:52

that you get

00:43:53 --> 00:43:55

the the, you know, good husband, and he

00:43:55 --> 00:43:57

gets a good good wife. May Allah bless

00:43:57 --> 00:43:58

you both. That's beautiful.

00:43:59 --> 00:44:01

But at the same time, you know, you

00:44:01 --> 00:44:03

wanna make sure that there's communication between your

00:44:03 --> 00:44:04

parents and his parents. Their parents may be

00:44:04 --> 00:44:06

the greatest people in the world. Sometimes Muslim

00:44:06 --> 00:44:07

parents are crazy too.

00:44:08 --> 00:44:10

You know what I mean? So you you

00:44:10 --> 00:44:12

wanna you wanna make sure there's healthy communication

00:44:12 --> 00:44:13

happening. And then you guys should go to

00:44:13 --> 00:44:16

premarital counseling. Very important. Not not the shade.

00:44:16 --> 00:44:18

Go to premarital counseling

00:44:18 --> 00:44:20

and and work on your love.

00:44:22 --> 00:44:24

If you love on loving them.

00:44:26 --> 00:44:28

The layman, who do I choose to follow?

00:44:28 --> 00:44:29

Just follow your local imam.

00:44:30 --> 00:44:32

Right? You don't have to follow,

00:44:32 --> 00:44:33

a

00:44:34 --> 00:44:34

a madhab

00:44:35 --> 00:44:37

in a sense of because to follow a

00:44:37 --> 00:44:38

madhab, you need to sit down and learn

00:44:38 --> 00:44:40

a madhab from a to z. Right? Which

00:44:40 --> 00:44:43

is difficult. But your imams, they're like tech

00:44:43 --> 00:44:45

support for you. Right? They're like a they're

00:44:45 --> 00:44:46

there to help you.

00:44:47 --> 00:44:49

So just go talk to your local imam,

00:44:49 --> 00:44:51

or you have a local somebody that you

00:44:51 --> 00:44:55

you rely on on online that's reputable for

00:44:55 --> 00:44:57

being reliable and responsible,

00:44:58 --> 00:44:59

teacher of Islamic law, that's.

00:45:01 --> 00:45:03

Someone can write it down in the comments.

00:45:05 --> 00:45:07

It's a very important accent. When I used

00:45:07 --> 00:45:08

to work in Dar al Iftar in Egypt,

00:45:08 --> 00:45:09

people come from all over Egypt. They don't

00:45:09 --> 00:45:11

ask the Mufti what is.

00:45:12 --> 00:45:14

This is like a very American thing because

00:45:14 --> 00:45:15

we like to be special, man.

00:45:19 --> 00:45:20

There's nothing wrong with breaking your hair, bro.

00:45:20 --> 00:45:22

There was Sahaba, and we need to this

00:45:22 --> 00:45:24

this is where where sometimes Muslims are impacted

00:45:24 --> 00:45:27

by white supremacy and whiteness, and whiteness more

00:45:27 --> 00:45:29

so as a construct of beauty.

00:45:30 --> 00:45:31

Because

00:45:31 --> 00:45:32

the the the Sahaba,

00:45:33 --> 00:45:35

some of them were known for having braids,

00:45:35 --> 00:45:35

the men.

00:45:36 --> 00:45:38

And and and we need to be very

00:45:38 --> 00:45:40

and that's that's a symptom of where we

00:45:40 --> 00:45:42

are when our aesthetic and our beauty is

00:45:42 --> 00:45:45

simply a reflection of the dominant white cultural

00:45:45 --> 00:45:46

narrative.

00:45:46 --> 00:45:48

That's wild, man.

00:45:48 --> 00:45:51

And so people will now confuse it and

00:45:51 --> 00:45:53

tell her brother that has braids that braids

00:45:53 --> 00:45:54

are forbidden. Are you crazy?

00:45:57 --> 00:45:57

Are you crazy?

00:45:59 --> 00:46:01

How do you get a teenager to stick

00:46:01 --> 00:46:03

to salah? Man, I don't know, man. Teenagers

00:46:03 --> 00:46:04

is so

00:46:04 --> 00:46:06

so I have no idea. That's a whole

00:46:06 --> 00:46:08

another discussion, man. I got 2 teenagers. You

00:46:08 --> 00:46:09

know what I mean? And,

00:46:11 --> 00:46:12

you know, you gotta keep them, you gotta

00:46:12 --> 00:46:14

motivate them, You gotta be friends with them.

00:46:14 --> 00:46:16

Pray with them. One of the best things

00:46:16 --> 00:46:17

you can do is pray with them.

00:46:18 --> 00:46:20

Pray with your family. Right? Are tattoos not

00:46:20 --> 00:46:22

allowed according to the majority of Sunnis? Of

00:46:22 --> 00:46:24

course, we know the Jafaridis, there's a whole,

00:46:25 --> 00:46:27

large discussion on this issue. But within the

00:46:27 --> 00:46:27

Sunni,

00:46:29 --> 00:46:29

schools,

00:46:30 --> 00:46:33

the agreement is that tattoos are forbidden because

00:46:33 --> 00:46:35

the narration of Abdullah ibn Masood and the

00:46:35 --> 00:46:38

practice of the Sahaba. However, what about, like,

00:46:38 --> 00:46:39

temporary things like,

00:46:39 --> 00:46:41

I think people get their eyebrows done and

00:46:41 --> 00:46:43

stuff with ink that's not permanent, and it

00:46:43 --> 00:46:44

doesn't keep the water

00:46:44 --> 00:46:47

from reaching the skin as allowed. These kind

00:46:47 --> 00:46:48

of things are allowed.

00:46:53 --> 00:46:55

I don't know, Sammy. I don't know. I

00:46:55 --> 00:46:57

mean, you know, we Allah says he forgives

00:46:57 --> 00:46:58

all sins.

00:47:01 --> 00:47:02

Right? Allah

00:47:03 --> 00:47:06

forgives all the sins. So, you know,

00:47:06 --> 00:47:07

leave it to Allah.

00:47:08 --> 00:47:09

Any other questions

00:47:09 --> 00:47:11

before we go? You guys really bring them

00:47:11 --> 00:47:11

tonight.

00:47:14 --> 00:47:14

Yeah.

00:47:15 --> 00:47:16

I mentioned why because the hadith

00:47:17 --> 00:47:18

and then you have

00:47:19 --> 00:47:19

this

00:47:20 --> 00:47:20

this agreeance

00:47:21 --> 00:47:23

of legal theorists, our ancestors,

00:47:24 --> 00:47:26

our spiritual ancestors who suffered,

00:47:27 --> 00:47:29

right, for the most part,

00:47:29 --> 00:47:31

said that it's not enough.

00:47:31 --> 00:47:32

So let's let's

00:47:33 --> 00:47:34

stay in touch with

00:47:35 --> 00:47:36

with our family,

00:47:36 --> 00:47:37

our spiritual family.

00:47:38 --> 00:47:39

It's very important.

00:47:45 --> 00:47:47

The mostafi, the one seeking the fatwa, is

00:47:47 --> 00:47:49

on the of the one he or she

00:47:49 --> 00:47:49

asks.

00:47:51 --> 00:47:52

It's a very

00:47:52 --> 00:47:54

famous accent we learn when we're studying

00:47:55 --> 00:47:56

to to

00:47:57 --> 00:47:58

to, you know,

00:47:59 --> 00:48:01

What's the ruling on fades? I talked about

00:48:01 --> 00:48:03

this before, man. Fades are allowed. It's not

00:48:04 --> 00:48:06

is when there's, like, holes in your head,

00:48:06 --> 00:48:08

man. It was like, hole here, hole here,

00:48:08 --> 00:48:10

hole here, hole here, hole here, hole here.

00:48:10 --> 00:48:11

That's that's

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But to get a fade does not fall

00:48:14 --> 00:48:15

into that.

00:48:17 --> 00:48:18

Yeah. I'm a tell my wife that. And

00:48:18 --> 00:48:20

he said, look, hey, baby. This guy look

00:48:20 --> 00:48:22

handsome. What's up with that? Oh, thanks, man.

00:48:22 --> 00:48:23

You know what I'm saying? Thank you. I

00:48:23 --> 00:48:25

appreciate that. I'm a hook that up now,

00:48:25 --> 00:48:27

man. Yeah. Yeah. Write that down, girl. I'm

00:48:27 --> 00:48:29

hold on. Let me take a screenshot of

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that one. Yeah. Okay.

00:48:32 --> 00:48:34

Can I get a prayer from you? Listen.

00:48:34 --> 00:48:37

You need my prayers. I need your prayers.

00:48:37 --> 00:48:39

My prayers are not going anywhere, man.

00:48:40 --> 00:48:41

Let's all pray

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for Ricardo.

00:48:43 --> 00:48:45

Everyone here, pray for Ricardo.

00:48:46 --> 00:48:47

That his wife,

00:48:47 --> 00:48:48

She's currently pregnant.

00:48:50 --> 00:48:51

That's awesome, man. I just had one about

00:48:51 --> 00:48:53

a year and a half ago. It's amazing.

00:48:53 --> 00:48:54

It's so cool, man.

00:48:56 --> 00:48:58

And we pray that your wife is her

00:48:58 --> 00:48:59

pregnancy goes well

00:48:59 --> 00:49:01

and that everything is safe,

00:49:02 --> 00:49:04

Ricardo, man. We're praying for you, bro.

00:49:06 --> 00:49:08

I didn't see you test me at what

00:49:08 --> 00:49:09

you're talking about. Do you make this heart

00:49:09 --> 00:49:11

for you to come close again?

00:49:13 --> 00:49:14

I mean, if you're talking about someone that

00:49:14 --> 00:49:16

is, like, really upset with you and there's

00:49:16 --> 00:49:18

serious challenges and you want them to forgive

00:49:18 --> 00:49:20

you, I mean, therapy may be in order.

00:49:21 --> 00:49:22

Right? Like, there's religious things we can do,

00:49:22 --> 00:49:24

but sometimes these are clinical issues that need

00:49:24 --> 00:49:25

to be addressed

00:49:26 --> 00:49:28

correctly. The name of the book, Hassan, is

00:49:36 --> 00:49:38

Hey, where do atheists go?

00:49:41 --> 00:49:43

I no longer believe the atheists are here.

00:49:48 --> 00:49:50

I don't believe the mohid is here.

00:49:55 --> 00:49:57

I heard that the name of the prophet

00:49:58 --> 00:50:01

was written in the heavens and in Muhammad

00:50:01 --> 00:50:02

in the dunya. Now this narration is not

00:50:02 --> 00:50:03

authentic,

00:50:03 --> 00:50:05

this narration. But we know his name was

00:50:05 --> 00:50:06

mentioned before creation.

00:50:09 --> 00:50:10

Any other questions?

00:50:11 --> 00:50:12

How to keep your friends on the straight

00:50:12 --> 00:50:15

path and keep them posting praying 5 times

00:50:15 --> 00:50:17

a day. Oh, that's not easy, man.

00:50:17 --> 00:50:19

You're not responsible for your friends. That's one

00:50:19 --> 00:50:20

thing you need to realize.

00:50:21 --> 00:50:22

You can only do so much. You can

00:50:22 --> 00:50:25

only remind them, but you're not responsible for

00:50:25 --> 00:50:25

them.

00:50:26 --> 00:50:29

So just be honest. Say, look, man.

00:50:29 --> 00:50:31

You guys need to get it together.

00:50:32 --> 00:50:33

And and if if they,

00:50:36 --> 00:50:37

what else can you do? We have to

00:50:37 --> 00:50:39

always remember that we're not it's it's hard

00:50:39 --> 00:50:42

enough being responsible for ourselves. Let alone now

00:50:42 --> 00:50:43

we have to feel responsible for all the

00:50:43 --> 00:50:44

group of people.

00:50:45 --> 00:50:47

So all you can do, Allah says to

00:50:47 --> 00:50:47

the prophet,

00:50:49 --> 00:50:49

Right?

00:50:51 --> 00:50:52

You you just advised

00:50:53 --> 00:50:54

them.

00:50:55 --> 00:50:56

Another person waiting on a second child. May

00:50:56 --> 00:50:58

Allah bless you both.

00:50:59 --> 00:51:01

I have a special affinity for you because

00:51:01 --> 00:51:02

I went through this about a year and

00:51:02 --> 00:51:04

a half ago, so I get it.

00:51:05 --> 00:51:07

Someone asked about the show, Rami. You know,

00:51:07 --> 00:51:09

my my my concern with a a show

00:51:09 --> 00:51:11

like Rami, and I talked about this before,

00:51:11 --> 00:51:13

is how it magnifies the secularism.

00:51:13 --> 00:51:15

What we've seen over over the last few

00:51:15 --> 00:51:17

years in America

00:51:17 --> 00:51:19

is especially the idea now that

00:51:20 --> 00:51:22

broader American society is trying to define

00:51:23 --> 00:51:25

what is an acceptable Muslim. And this is

00:51:25 --> 00:51:26

no knock on Rami as a person. I

00:51:26 --> 00:51:27

don't know him.

00:51:27 --> 00:51:29

But the the the the morality of the

00:51:29 --> 00:51:31

show is very problematic. Right? The morality of

00:51:31 --> 00:51:34

the show is extremely religiously problematic, religiously compromised.

00:51:34 --> 00:51:36

And it doesn't make you a hater to

00:51:36 --> 00:51:37

say this is wrong. It's wrong.

00:51:38 --> 00:51:40

This is wrong. It's wrong. It's unacceptable.

00:51:41 --> 00:51:42

But we as a community also have to

00:51:42 --> 00:51:44

start thinking about in the areas of cultural

00:51:44 --> 00:51:45

production,

00:51:45 --> 00:51:47

why are people who are Muslim,

00:51:48 --> 00:51:51

like, blowing up that don't really maybe reflect

00:51:52 --> 00:51:54

the values that we have?

00:51:55 --> 00:51:57

That's a concern in this attempt to the

00:51:57 --> 00:52:00

creeping secular. It was my today

00:52:00 --> 00:52:03

that there's an attempt, especially in North America,

00:52:03 --> 00:52:04

to domesticate

00:52:04 --> 00:52:05

the Muslim

00:52:05 --> 00:52:07

with a secular, almost,

00:52:07 --> 00:52:09

like, dystopic

00:52:09 --> 00:52:11

set of values.

00:52:12 --> 00:52:13

And that's a problem.

00:52:13 --> 00:52:15

So, you know, you know, we don't need

00:52:15 --> 00:52:16

to blame Rami. He's doing what he's doing

00:52:16 --> 00:52:18

with his hustle. He's a writer. He's a

00:52:18 --> 00:52:20

actor. He's gonna do what he's gonna do.

00:52:20 --> 00:52:22

But we don't have to agree with just

00:52:22 --> 00:52:24

because someone's Muslim. We don't have to be

00:52:24 --> 00:52:25

loyal to

00:52:25 --> 00:52:27

that. We can say, listen. So our brother,

00:52:27 --> 00:52:28

may Allah bless you.

00:52:29 --> 00:52:31

I don't agree with that. That ain't right.

00:52:32 --> 00:52:33

Why isn't it right?

00:52:34 --> 00:52:35

Right?

00:52:35 --> 00:52:36

And also our community.

00:52:38 --> 00:52:40

Should we force our children into religious matters

00:52:40 --> 00:52:42

if you want them to leave the religion?

00:52:42 --> 00:52:43

Yeah.

00:52:43 --> 00:52:46

But but it's hard too. I know it's

00:52:46 --> 00:52:48

I I have kids. It's not easy, man.

00:52:49 --> 00:52:51

There's a fine line between forcing

00:52:52 --> 00:52:54

and strongly encouraging,

00:52:54 --> 00:52:56

And then ultimately, what I think is important

00:52:56 --> 00:52:58

is that we teach our children

00:52:58 --> 00:52:59

to ultimately

00:52:59 --> 00:53:02

take ownership of their own religious responsibility.

00:53:03 --> 00:53:04

And and that's where

00:53:05 --> 00:53:07

you find them passionate, and that's where you

00:53:07 --> 00:53:08

find them now. They're invested.

00:53:09 --> 00:53:12

But if if we kind of force them,

00:53:12 --> 00:53:14

then they're not really gonna do it, but

00:53:14 --> 00:53:15

try to think of ways I have a

00:53:15 --> 00:53:17

lecture on this I'm working on. How do

00:53:17 --> 00:53:18

we how do we create

00:53:19 --> 00:53:21

entry points for people to find themselves and

00:53:21 --> 00:53:23

take ownership of their own religion?

00:53:24 --> 00:53:25

Like, that's very important.

00:53:26 --> 00:53:29

Right? Especially young people. Any other questions?

00:53:30 --> 00:53:33

No. He didn't say anything. Someone's asking about

00:53:33 --> 00:53:36

the show, Rami. Right? So, certainly, I'm not

00:53:36 --> 00:53:38

gonna go off what someone said. And my

00:53:38 --> 00:53:41

thoughts and my thoughts are concerned for the

00:53:41 --> 00:53:41

amplification

00:53:42 --> 00:53:43

of the dystopic

00:53:43 --> 00:53:45

secular Muslim personality

00:53:46 --> 00:53:49

that is, like, free of any real moral

00:53:49 --> 00:53:51

commitment, religious commitment.

00:53:51 --> 00:53:54

That is a a concern for us. For

00:53:54 --> 00:53:57

me. Not saying you, but for me,

00:53:57 --> 00:53:59

from my perspective. But may Allah give us

00:53:59 --> 00:54:01

and help us. We're all trying to get

00:54:01 --> 00:54:03

better. Right? And we're all trying to do

00:54:03 --> 00:54:04

better. Any other questions?

00:54:06 --> 00:54:08

We will see you all,

00:54:09 --> 00:54:10

in 2 weeks.

00:54:11 --> 00:54:13

We did an entire series on life after

00:54:13 --> 00:54:15

death. You can find it in the

00:54:17 --> 00:54:17

in the

00:54:18 --> 00:54:19

highlights.

00:54:21 --> 00:54:23

Valentine's Day is forbidden right.

00:54:26 --> 00:54:28

No. We need to be careful of commodifying

00:54:28 --> 00:54:31

love, man. Love should not be commodified.

00:54:32 --> 00:54:34

I'm I'm gonna leave it at that. You

00:54:34 --> 00:54:36

can ask one of the you

00:54:37 --> 00:54:39

can ask one of the that question, bro.

00:54:39 --> 00:54:40

I'm a I just in fact, I just

00:54:40 --> 00:54:43

got off work. Been working all day. It's

00:54:43 --> 00:54:45

now 10 o'clock at night, so 11 o'clock,

00:54:45 --> 00:54:47

12 o'clock. So I'm off work. I just

00:54:47 --> 00:54:48

clocked out. So you asked me the question,

00:54:48 --> 00:54:49

and I just

00:54:50 --> 00:54:50

clocked

00:54:52 --> 00:54:53

out.

00:54:55 --> 00:54:55

May Allah

00:54:56 --> 00:54:57

bless all of you.

00:54:58 --> 00:55:00

Really appreciate spending time with you guys and

00:55:00 --> 00:55:02

hope that you'll keep us in your duas,

00:55:02 --> 00:55:03

and let other people know if you enjoy

00:55:03 --> 00:55:06

this every other week. We're looking for people

00:55:06 --> 00:55:07

to kinda amplify,

00:55:07 --> 00:55:08

masha'allah,

00:55:09 --> 00:55:10

our our

00:55:11 --> 00:55:12

biweekly gatherings.

00:55:13 --> 00:55:14

Inshallah, please be safe.

00:55:14 --> 00:55:16

Have a wonderful weekend.

00:55:17 --> 00:55:19

Find someone to love for the sake of

00:55:19 --> 00:55:20

Allah. You know what I mean?

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