Suleiman Hani – The Muslim Guide to Summer Season

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The importance of goal setting in Islam is a lifelong journey, not just a temporary break, and parents must communicate with their children about the benefits of travel, including learning about cultures and experiences. The importance of staying in a strong sense of community and connecting with others is emphasized, along with the importance of praying at the end of the day to see the light of Islam and avoiding playing with fire. Control and acceptance during busy seasons are also emphasized, along with not allowing people to feel guilty or sad or angry and focusing on the afterlife.

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			Recently, a young student who finished school
		
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			blurted out really loudly
		
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			with his parents, Alhamdulillah. I'm done school, I'm
		
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			done learning.
		
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			And of course often times the parents are
		
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			like, enjoy your break, you deserve it.
		
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			But one of the parents said to him,
		
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			I believe is the mother, one of the
		
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			parents said to him
		
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			the school year is over but your learning
		
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			continues in the summer.
		
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			It's a very interesting statement.
		
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			And in light of the fact that many
		
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			of our students and many educators
		
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			and for those who have families
		
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			are experiencing now a change
		
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			with the summer break from many of the
		
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			schools,
		
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			I thought it would be beneficial for all
		
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			of us as a community
		
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			to have
		
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			a guide of sorts, the Muslims guide to
		
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			the season of summer,
		
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			so we can benefit our particular situations inshallah
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			The first reminder, of course,
		
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			is that although perhaps an intense school year
		
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			could be over for 1 son or daughter
		
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			for the students, the many amazing students who
		
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			are here,
		
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			the reality is that time is still precious.
		
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			Time is always precious.
		
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			One time someone said, time is like gold,
		
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			take advantage of it. And the reality is
		
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			time is more precious than gold because gold
		
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			comes and goes. You gain, you lose, you'll
		
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			have some profits, some losses
		
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			but the time that you
		
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			lost or the time that's passed you can't
		
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			regain.
		
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			So this summer is a unique summer
		
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			and the next summer is also a unique
		
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			summer. There are no 2 days alike in
		
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			this world. Every single day, every moment is
		
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			a very unique opportunity that does not come
		
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			back. It may return in a different form.
		
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			It may appear in different way but it's
		
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			not guaranteed. Now I want us to imagine
		
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			for the young and the old, you're standing
		
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			on the day of judgment.
		
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			You look back at a dunya and you
		
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			remember when you finished 8th grade, 6th grade,
		
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			3rd grade, college, whatever it may be, or
		
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			you're a parent and you're remembering this summer
		
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			with your children
		
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			or your siblings or your friends
		
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			and you think back to something you did
		
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			good this summer, you took advantage of it.
		
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			Because on that day when time is no
		
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			longer relevant
		
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			and everything is eternal,
		
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			everything is forever,
		
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			You look back and this world will look
		
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			like a quick hour, a quick moment.
		
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			We lived in this world for just a
		
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			day or part of the day.
		
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			Ask those who are counting so the people
		
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			on the day of judgment will look back
		
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			and all these moments are like a quick
		
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			memory.
		
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			So imagine your quick memory instead of something
		
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			of regret
		
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			that I wasted my summer, I wasted the
		
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			2 months, they flew by like every other
		
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			month of the year. You look back and
		
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			you say Alhamdulillah.
		
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			It was different, it was in school, but
		
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			I took advantage. You look back and you
		
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			say Alhamdulillah, my children were able to benefit.
		
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			And oftentimes and a reminder for myself and
		
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			those who have children in their families,
		
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			oftentimes
		
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			when school ends there's no clear
		
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			expectation
		
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			communication about what the summer might look like.
		
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			There's no goal setting. And for the Muslim
		
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			the idea of goal setting is not about
		
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			a specific project alone.
		
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			Goal setting in Islam
		
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			is year round lifelong.
		
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			Goal setting in Islam
		
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			is year round and lifelong. It never ends.
		
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			You're always trying to benefit
		
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			as a believer from the next phase of
		
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			life. It doesn't mean I'm not talking about
		
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			working hard only,
		
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			but benefit in the sense that it may
		
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			be summer
		
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			but it doesn't mean we don't have some
		
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			guidance, some direction about what to do with
		
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			this time. And this is something that parents
		
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			must communicate with their children.
		
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			Spending
		
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			time with an internship,
		
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			learning something new, with community activities, community service,
		
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			volunteerism, youth programs, whatever it may be that
		
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			is suitable for your family and your children
		
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			and their age
		
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			is not like the one who's just completely
		
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			waste it because their perspective
		
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			or maybe their parents is like this is
		
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			just a constant break from any kind of
		
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			benefit. In fact, some studies have found that
		
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			some students because of their parents will excel
		
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			in the summer past their peers. They will
		
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			learn a lot more through different types of
		
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			learning experiences,
		
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			through travels, through internships, whatever may be learning,
		
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			studying, reading,
		
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			compared to those who take the summer as
		
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			a complete break from any kind of mental
		
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			growth, any kind of intellectual development. And for
		
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			the believer, of course, the growth and the
		
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			goal setting is year round life long. It
		
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			doesn't have to be in the same form.
		
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			It doesn't have to be 8 to 5.
		
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			But in reality there's something of benefit during
		
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			this time. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala put
		
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			barak in our time and make us amongst
		
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			those who also communicate
		
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			that benefit to their children, to their families.
		
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			Some parents will say, Well, my children don't
		
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			want to do anything in the summer.
		
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			In reality, this goes back to the parenting,
		
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			this goes back to the terbiyah. That at
		
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			certain ages, there's an expectation that's communicated.
		
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			And in fact, when they get to a
		
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			certain age of maturity rather than just impose
		
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			on them the summer plan at a certain
		
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			age of maturity, what do you think amongst
		
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			these options would be motivational beneficial? What are
		
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			some motivators
		
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			of attending a Quran program of learning a
		
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			little more of community service? What are some
		
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			of the beneficial things we have to do
		
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			x y z of this and this and
		
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			this and yes you have your break, you
		
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			have your sports, you have your relaxation, you
		
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			have this and that but everything with due
		
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			measure, everything given its due right. The second
		
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			reminder about summer,
		
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			as many people tend to travel during these
		
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			months,
		
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			whether they have children or not travel increases
		
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			during the summer times. We remember that travel
		
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			in Islam is an act of worship
		
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			And it's an act of worship when it's
		
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			intended as an act of worship. So the
		
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			believer sees the concept of Saffar and exploring
		
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			the world as something beneficial if their intention
		
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			is aligned with their action. And Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala tells us,
		
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			Travel through the land and see how Allah
		
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			started the creation. This is not referring to
		
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			pointless travel, this is not referring to someone
		
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			who's traveling for the sake of showing off
		
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			on social media.
		
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			Go around and see natural scenery.
		
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			Connect your heart, your mind, your body when
		
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			you're hiking, when you're on a trail, even
		
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			if you have children who are old enough
		
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			to to go with you for these kinds
		
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			of trips, you're experiencing something beautiful and hiking
		
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			and exercise is good for the body, the
		
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			mind, and the soul. This is a beneficial
		
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			thing. But in addition,
		
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			those who travel with their children and those
		
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			who travel with their friends during these times,
		
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			you know that you learn a lot about
		
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			a person when you travel with them. So
		
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			parents have the opportunity to connect better with
		
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			their children that oftentimes,
		
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			they may not see them during the day
		
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			except for a few hours. These are opportunities
		
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			to connect, to hear them, see their development,
		
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			their growth for the husband and the wife,
		
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			for the friends, the roommates. These are some
		
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			of the best opportunities to really connect with
		
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			others for the sake of Allah. And if
		
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			you travel,
		
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			if you do travel outside of your city,
		
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			learn about the rules of prayer. What does
		
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			it mean to shorten the salah? When is
		
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			it allowed? Is it allowed to combine? There's
		
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			an entire study and discipline. We can learn
		
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			the summary of this easily InshaAllah Ta'ala in
		
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			our day and age, but try to know
		
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			in advance
		
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			where you're going, what you need to know
		
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			as a Muslim. Is it a country in
		
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			which there are a lot of Muslims? Is
		
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			there a Masjid? One of the first things
		
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			you should always try to do when you
		
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			go to a new country, a new state,
		
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			make sure part of your plan and your
		
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			schedule in your trip, make sure you're going
		
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			to see some Masjid. Make sure you're going
		
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			to pray there. This reminds the children
		
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			the masjid, the houses of Allah are a
		
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			priority and it also shows us the beauty
		
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			of Islam.
		
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			You can go to South Korea, you can
		
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			go to New Zealand, you can go to
		
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			many lands around the world and you find
		
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			there's a Masjid almost everywhere. You go to
		
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			Norway in the northern most Masjid in the
		
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			entire world I visited a few years back,
		
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			it's a very small community and there's a
		
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			large refugee community as well. May Allah make
		
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			it easy for them. It's out all the
		
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			way north in a cold cold area, but
		
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			yet you have hundreds of Muslims worshiping
		
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			there. So take advantage
		
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			as you travel to know the rules of
		
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			salah. When are you allowed to pray
		
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			on the plane, is the time expired, and
		
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			all of that. So these are things we
		
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			can learn and address in a future khutbah
		
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			insha Allah. The third reminder
		
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			is to extract benefits from the temperature
		
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			and the heat of the summer months.
		
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			And this is of course applicable for us
		
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			but remember at least three things.
		
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			And we have to be very blunt about
		
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			these things because as Muslims we have balance.
		
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			There's the hope, the motivation,
		
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			the mercy, the rewards of Jannah, the hope
		
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			for forgiveness.
		
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			But there's also what? The fear of deterrence,
		
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			the fear and deterrence, the fear of crimes,
		
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			the fear of transgressing against Allah. So remember
		
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			number 1, remember the hellfire and do not
		
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			play with fire. Do not play with fire.
		
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			I remember years back a young college student,
		
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			we were camping out
		
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			and a bunch of shabab, all these young
		
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			guys
		
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			were messing around and all that and then
		
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			somebody started a bonfire.
		
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			They wanted to do halal s'mores. What does
		
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			this guy do? One of the young students,
		
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			he says, Hey, let's have a challenge. Who
		
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			can jump over the fire?
		
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			And of course this is a reckless idea
		
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			but he insists on it and his friends
		
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			tell him that's not a good idea and
		
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			he insists and he's the only one who
		
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			did it. So what happens? He jumps over
		
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			the fire. He's okay. He does it again,
		
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			he's okay. He says add more logs. He
		
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			jumps over the fire, he fell into the
		
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			fire.
		
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			And he had severe severe severe burns.
		
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			And in fact to this day his arm
		
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			has not recovered in terms of how it
		
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			looks. Alhamdulillah, he's back to good health but
		
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			his arm has not recovered and he says
		
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			this is a reminder for me not to
		
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			play with fire.
		
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			And as we were one time discussing
		
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			in a seminar on perilous and hellfire,
		
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			the hadith in which the prophet sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam mentions,
		
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			hellfire is 70 times hotter
		
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			than the fire of this world. He said,
		
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			I started to tremble.
		
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			It's like, I never thought anything could make
		
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			me tremble but that fire was so severe,
		
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			the burns on my body were so severe
		
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			for me to think the hellfire is 70
		
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			times hotter. Is like this was a huge
		
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			deterrence like I don't want to come anywhere
		
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			near
		
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			the violation of the laws of Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala. Some people are very afraid to
		
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			break the law. They're afraid to to deal
		
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			with the consequences.
		
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			So they don't even think twice. No, that's
		
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			not something I would ever do. But their
		
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			deterrence is a worldly punishment.
		
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			Punishment of the afterlife is severe and Allah
		
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			mentions it. Not because He wants us to
		
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			worship only out of fear, but so that
		
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			we know that on the other side of
		
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			hope there's also
		
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			a reason for you not to be lax,
		
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			not to be reckless.
		
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			And the reality of this world is that
		
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			sometimes we forget and these reminders benefit us.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala uses this as a
		
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			form of healthy fear for his creation and
		
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			he says, oh my servants, oh my slaves,
		
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			have Taqwa, have God consciousness. May Allah protect
		
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			us, alohaamin. What else can we remember from
		
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			the heat of this very day as there's
		
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			a heat wave right now in the country
		
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			and around the world? And as we talk
		
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			about our brothers and sisters around the world,
		
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			we remember as well that on the day
		
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			of judgment as hot as it is, there
		
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			will be believers who are saved from the
		
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			heat of that day. May Allah make us
		
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			amongst them. There will be people who are
		
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			shaded on that day, in a cool state,
		
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			happy and relaxed at least knowing that they're
		
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			not going to deal with the punishment of
		
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			that day. Because for some people,
		
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			the punishment before hellfire is the punishment of
		
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			standing on the day of judgment. And that
		
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			punishment is so severe and difficult
		
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			for the disbelievers for 50,000 years or more
		
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			meaning it's either literal or more as Allah
		
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			tells us in the Quran
		
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			that the moment of waiting in anticipation for
		
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			the punishment will cause some of them to
		
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			say just expedite my punishment. That is the
		
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			heat of that day, but the believers as
		
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			we know are safe. Who are they? They
		
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			are those who take care of their prayer,
		
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			those who guard themselves in terms of their
		
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			They are those who take care of their
		
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			prayer, those who guard themselves in terms of
		
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			their desires, they are inclusive of the 7
		
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			categories of believers shaded on that day. We'll
		
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			mention this in a maybe perhaps in a
		
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			future khutba, one of these 7 is a
		
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			young Muslim.
		
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			One of them is a young Muslim who
		
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			can be shaded on the day of judgment?
		
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			Yes.
		
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			Because they grew up in the obedience of
		
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			Allah. Why that age of youth? The age
		
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			of youth from maturity all the way to
		
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			the age of 40 as some scholars say.
		
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			Because these are years
		
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			in which a lot of young people
		
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			are tempted by different things. So you have
		
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			to be smarter. You may be in middle
		
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			school, you might be in high school, you
		
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			might be a recent college graduate, but you
		
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			have to be smarter during these years than
		
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			any other time. And of course with every
		
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			year you learn and you grow and you
		
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			gain wisdom.
		
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			Amongst the categories is the one who is
		
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			alone in private and they shed tears for
		
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			the sake of Allah. It's not to show
		
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			off, it's not for others, there's a real
		
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			connection to Allah in that moment. Amongst them
		
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			is the person who's tempted for zina, for
		
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			fornication. May Allah protect us all. This man
		
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			is seduced and invited to do haram and
		
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			he leaves only for Allah's sake. He leaves
		
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			for the sake of Allah and the one
		
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			who gives in charity so generously and the
		
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			one whose heart is attached to the masjid.
		
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			May Allah keep our hearts attached to Allahumma
		
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			ami.
		
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			Remember as well the 3rd reminder with this
		
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			point,
		
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			remember those who suffer today without shade, without
		
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			AC, without cooling.
		
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			We all know what's happening to our families.
		
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			We know what's happening to our relatives. We
		
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			know what's happening to our brothers and sisters
		
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			from every ethnicity around the world who don't
		
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			have access to shade. They are dying in
		
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			the heat. They are dying because they don't
		
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			have access to cold water or clean water
		
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			in fact.
		
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			And we know this reality and sometimes we
		
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			forget. So before you complain it's too hot
		
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			as you enter your car with AC. Before
		
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			you complain that, Yes, we're sweating. It's a
		
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			very hot day, before you complain too much
		
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			about it, say, Alhamdulillah,
		
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			remember your blessings. Say, Alhamdulillah,
		
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			remember your blessings. Before we complain, may Allah
		
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			Subhanahu wa ta'ala keep us amongst those who
		
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			are grateful and never complaining about our blessings,
		
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			Allahu ameen. And of course, we remember
		
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			our brothers and sisters who passed away
		
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			in, during their Hajj because of the heat
		
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			of the sun. Over a 1000 people died
		
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			in this last Hajj from the heat and
		
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			it's a reminder for us, at least in
		
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			this case, they were striving, sacrificing.
		
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			How will we leave this world? When there's
		
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			heat or there's cold, how will we leave
		
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			this world? You know there were some people,
		
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			the story of the hypocrites in Madinah,
		
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			when it was said to them go out
		
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			for the expedition of Tabuk, some people stayed
		
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			back and they started giving excuses. You know
		
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			when someone says, Hey we all have to
		
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			do this and someone starts coming up with
		
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			excuses,
		
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			reasons they don't want to do something that
		
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			is important or valuable, a responsibility, an act
		
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			of worship, whatever it may be. They started
		
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			coming up with excuses.
		
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			And one of the excuses that they said
		
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			when they said when Allah subhanahu wa'ala tells
		
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			us about them, Surah Tawba,
		
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			They hated to invest, to sacrifice
		
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			their lives and their wealth for the sake
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			They said, Don't go out in the heat.
		
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			Don't go out for jihad in the heat,
		
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			it's too hot outside.
		
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			So they stayed back in Madinah while the
		
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			rest of the the entirety of the Ummah
		
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			basically all the men who could go went
		
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			out
		
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			to meet the Roman Byzantine Empire. The hypocrites
		
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			stayed back with the few believers who came
		
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			up with excuses.
		
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			But when they said,
		
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			Don't go out in the heat like we
		
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			wanna stay back in the cold,
		
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			Remind yourself with what Allah said, Say indeed
		
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			to them the fire of *, the heat
		
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			of the hellfire is more severe.
		
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			The hellfire is more severe and Allah subhanahu
		
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			says, If only they truly comprehend it. Meaning
		
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			what?
		
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			When it comes to your responsibilities, don't come
		
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			up with excuses.
		
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			Do what you have to do. You may
		
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			be young, you may be old, if you
		
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			know there's something you have to do whether
		
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			it's an act of worship between you and
		
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			Allah, don't wait for your your parents or
		
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			others to initiate to remind you, don't say
		
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			it's too hot to do this and that,
		
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			you're outdoors somewhere there's no indoors and you
		
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			have to pray, Time is going to expire.
		
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			Yes. Take care of your responsibility
		
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			especially when it comes to priorities. I'm not
		
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			saying don't take care of your health. Take
		
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			care of your health, no doubt. But these
		
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			ayats are reminder for us that sometimes people
		
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			do not sacrifice but their excuses are not
		
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			valid. And other times, yes. There may be
		
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			valid reasons and Allah knows best. But about
		
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			these people, the Munafiqeen by the way,
		
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			they had a lot of money. They had
		
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			a lot of wealth. Some of them were
		
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			eloquence. They were very rich and connected. Later
		
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			on, a few ayats, later Allah says,
		
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			Don't be impressed
		
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			by their children, how many children or family
		
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			members they have, or their wealth. Some people
		
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			are rich and they show off, don't be
		
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			impressed by that. Because Allah says,
		
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			It's actually a form of punishment for them.
		
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			How is it a punishment? You might think
		
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			when this guy is driving his Bugatti and
		
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			Ferrari. How is that a punishment when he
		
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			has 1,000,000,000 of dollars and he's showing it
		
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			off on social media? What punishment are you
		
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			talking about?
		
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			The blessings Allah gives you in this world
		
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			cannot be the reason you disobey Him. The
		
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			blessings Allah gives
		
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			us and blesses us with and bestows upon
		
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			us in this world cannot be your excuse
		
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			for not worshiping Allah. Don't use Allah's blessings
		
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			to disobey Him. Don't use the money He
		
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			gave you, the time He gave you, the
		
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			health that He gave you, the family He
		
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			gave you to disobey Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So you'll notice what in the summer months,
		
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			sometimes unfortunately,
		
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			people show off more in the summer. They
		
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			show off their bodies they've been working out,
		
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			they show off their wealth, they start showing
		
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			off their cars, some people show off on
		
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			social media the places they travel to which
		
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			is a sign of wealth at times
		
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			but it's also very dangerous
		
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			and it affects the state of the heart.
		
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			Remember this,
		
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			you might be oversharing on social media to
		
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			the extent that the harm, may Allah protect
		
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			us all, if if there's a harm someone
		
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			experiences it might be because they're oversharing.
		
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			And also remember the people who are suffering
		
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			who don't have food. Imagine somebody from a
		
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			Gaza texted you
		
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			and they're telling you we're starving, you asked
		
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			for an update, and you said, Oh this
		
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			is what I did today and you showed
		
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			off your feast. Is that appropriate? No. We
		
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			would find that despicable, very pathetic, no one
		
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			would do that. Children know not to do
		
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			that. And yet when you over share
		
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			your blessings on social media, in a way
		
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			you may be hurting some people, You may
		
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			be affecting people and you also may be
		
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			showing off to those who are jealous. May
		
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			Allah protect us all. So use your blessings
		
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			for the sake of Allah, but enjoy them.
		
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			Don't show them off to the world. And
		
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			don't use these summer months to do something
		
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			that is displeasing to Allah. And finally number
		
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			4,
		
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			the last two points insha Allah.
		
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			During these months especially,
		
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			try your best to attend the prayer in
		
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			the masjid as much as you can. Fajr
		
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			and Isha is your challenge.
		
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			Fajr and Isha was the challenge with the
		
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			hypocrites. Those who are not really Muslim
		
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			could not go out, they found it difficult
		
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			because of sleep and all that but also
		
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			why did they not go out? There's no
		
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			lights, no electricity.
		
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			So nobody will know you prayed in the
		
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			masjid or not at that time. So they
		
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			had no reason to show off and fake
		
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			their Islam.
		
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			Now for us the challenge is different. Yes,
		
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			there's a long day. Yes, Isha is almost
		
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			11 PM and Fajr is very early.
		
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			Take that as your challenge for the summer.
		
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			For the fathers especially, you have sons and
		
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			daughters you can bring with you to the
		
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			masjid. Make it a challenge as a family.
		
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			Let's pray in the masjid as much as
		
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			we possibly can. These houses of Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala,
		
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			as we carpool to them, as we go
		
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			to them, as we visit them in many
		
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			different cities and states, are a reminder for
		
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			us.
		
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			Because as we see the quantity of the
		
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			of 2,000,000,000 we want to make sure we
		
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			are amongst those who are reviving the quality.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us from
		
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			amongst them. And the reality of course, Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala praises those who are not
		
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			distracted
		
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			and they pray and they take advantage of
		
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			worshiping the houses of Allah. In the verse
		
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			of light, ayatul Noor, in suratul Noor, Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
		
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			And houses that Allah allowed to be established,
		
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			these are the masjid.
		
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			His name is mentioned within them.
		
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			His name is mentioned and people there in
		
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			the masjid here are
		
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			glorifying Allah morning and evening. These are the
		
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			prayer times as well.
		
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			And right after this as some Quran will
		
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			continue the recitation to the next verse,
		
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			Men, but it means men and women by
		
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			the way, but especially men because they have
		
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			less excuses when it comes to going to
		
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			the masjid. This is why some scholars say
		
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			it is wajib, it is mandatory for the
		
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			man who is resident, he's not a traveler
		
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			and he is not he doesn't have a
		
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			medical excuse. Some scholars, they are the mayor.
		
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			They said it is an obligation to pray
		
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			every prayer in the masjid. I'm not saying
		
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			this is the only opinion but I share
		
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			this opinion to indicate how serious it is.
		
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			While others said it is highly highly highly
		
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			emphasized
		
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			that the man who is not traveling and
		
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			he is resident tries to schedule
		
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			everything around salah in the masjid.
		
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			And this is the the standard we should
		
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			have, Allah speaking about these people and praising
		
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			them. May Allah make us amongst them.
		
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			Men who are not distracted by their wealth,
		
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			their business, their work, their jobs.
		
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			And buying and selling
		
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			and the remembrance of Allah.
		
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			The establishment of prayer. Is giving charity
		
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			This is what they're doing, they're doing this
		
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			out of a fear.
		
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			A day in which the hearts and eyes
		
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			will tremble, they're thinking about the afterlife.
		
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			Being in the houses of Allah should be
		
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			cooling for the heart. It's a reminder. Wallahi,
		
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			those who start coming back to the masajid
		
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			or in Ramadan, they will start to notice
		
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			that spiritual change, psychological relief as difficult as
		
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			it may be at Fajr or Isha.
		
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			Try to make it a challenge for you
		
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			and your family because Allah promises the reward
		
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			in these verses when He says,
		
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			Allah will give them a reward according to
		
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			the best of their deeds,
		
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			And He will give them more on top
		
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			of that out of His
		
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			grace.
		
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			And He provides for His servants as He
		
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			desires in ways they cannot expect. May Allah
		
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			make us amongst those whose hearts and families
		
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			are attached to the masajid.
		
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			And finally, number 5. And a reminder for
		
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			those who are, by the way, part of
		
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			the masajid already.
		
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			Be welcoming, be very welcoming and spread the
		
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			salaam to people you know and people that
		
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			you don't know. Finally number 5, during these
		
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			summer months remember young and old, there's an
		
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			emphasis on controlling our desires, shahawat.
		
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			Because these are months in which people let
		
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			go of their shahawat in society in general.
		
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			So yes, we know that there are temptations,
		
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			we know there's a there's fitna, we know
		
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			that people are less modest with their clothing
		
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			during these summer months. So control your eyes,
		
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			control your ears, your families, your environments, your
		
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			situation.
		
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			You're outdoors more often maybe working on your
		
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			yard or guarding. Be kind to your neighbors.
		
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			Spread the salaam, show them what Islam is
		
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			about. And and remember the one who gave
		
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			you the blessing of sight and hearing. And
		
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			if you decide insha Allah ta'ala to maintain
		
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			and get back into maintaining your body, your
		
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			exercise, your health for you and your children,
		
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			your family,
		
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			do so but in a manner that is
		
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			pleasing to Allah. In a manner that is
		
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			pleasing to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. There's so
		
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			many forms of halal, fun, and entertainment during
		
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			these months and throughout the year. Do so
		
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			as an act of worship, not as a
		
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			means of distance from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			May Allah protect us and guide us and
		
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			bless our time and our families, young and
		
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			old from all walks of life to take
		
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			advantage of every opportunity that He gives us,
		
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			and ask Allah for forgiveness. He is the
		
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			All Forgiving, The Ever Merciful.
		
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			Alhamdulillah.
		
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			If the jihad of those who are trying
		
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			to just survive
		
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			injustice from day to day, trying to just
		
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			get by from one place to another, trying
		
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			to avoid being bombed and butchered and killed
		
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			and massacred. May Allah protect them, bring down
		
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			His divine justice and swift mercy for them.
		
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			If that is their daily life
		
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			and you are not living in that situation,
		
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			at the very least
		
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			take advantage of the jihad that is mandatory
		
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			upon all Muslims which is jihad against your
		
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			desires.
		
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			Jihad against your desires. You're feeling lazy, weakness,
		
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			temptations, whatever may be in the summer months
		
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			or beyond. This is the greater jihad that
		
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			is obligatory upon every Muslim. Meaning what? You're
		
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			not trying to just survive for another day
		
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			because you're being attacked. Now you are fighting
		
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			your desires,
		
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			and fighting your desires is one of the
		
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			greatest battlefields, one of the greatest challenges.
		
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			So if you say, I'm so tired. Why
		
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			do I have to go to fajr every
		
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			day? I'm so tired. Why do I have
		
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			to do this? Why do I have to
		
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			attend the Quran program? Look at the motivators
		
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			beyond it. Look at what you have to
		
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			sacrifice and what our brothers and sisters have
		
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			to sacrifice.
		
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			Look at what they're going through and what
		
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			you go through. Not so that we feel
		
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			bad and don't do anything about our feelings.
		
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			Redirect
		
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			those thoughts
		
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			of guilt or frustration or anger about injustice
		
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			into real measurable action.
		
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			Set your goals very clearly, communicate them with
		
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			your family, make sure you're on the same
		
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			page growing and remember ultimately, remember this,
		
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			the summer will end and Allah tells us
		
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			every season of this world will replace another
		
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			not just the literal seasons of temperature and
		
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			climate.
		
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			You will go through stage after stage, season
		
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			after season. What does that mean? We have
		
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			many young children here. May Allah bless you
		
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			all and your parents. Make them amongst the
		
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			righteous and protect their parents, and make them
		
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			a source of continuous charity for them. We
		
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			have a lot of you recent graduates from
		
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			college. May Allah bless them to be resilient,
		
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			proud Muslims who know their faith, practice their
		
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			faith, and show what Islam is about, and
		
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			are willing to deal with some of the
		
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			discomforts of being a Muslim for the sake
		
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			of Allah. But as we see these youngsters
		
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			here, so too we also see their parents
		
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			and grand and grandparents. May Allah bless them.
		
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			Every stage of life replaces another. One day
		
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			insha Allah ta'ala, the children who are here
		
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			will be in masajid attending as parents insha
		
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			Allah ta'ala. And that is a good sign
		
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			for the ummah that there are children in
		
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			the masajid.
		
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			But every stage will replace another, so do
		
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			not let your heart stay attached to any
		
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			stage.
		
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			Don't let your heart stay attached to any
		
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			moment of life. It is temporary not permanent.
		
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			The one who is permanent is Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala. We are temporary and every moment
		
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			is temporary, so cherish it while you have
		
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			it. Cherish your family members and the time
		
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			that you have with them. Cherish the season
		
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			you have of summer or school or work
		
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			or anything else for it will be replaced
		
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			soon with something else. And as you have
		
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			moments of difficulty, know that they will be
		
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			replaced with seasons of relief InshaAllah.
		
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			But ultimately,
		
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			ultimately,
		
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			the season of life will end and the
		
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			believer moves on to the afterlife. That is
		
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			the departure we prepare for. Every season of
		
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			this world and every time you think of
		
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			the temperature, let it be a reminder for
		
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			you about the changing nature of this world,
		
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			the fact that it is fleeting, and the
		
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			fact that our hearts have to be attached
		
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			to something that is eternal, and Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala Al Khayyul Qayyum. May Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala protect us, bless us during these
		
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			months, and allow us to take advantage of
		
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			them. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala bless our
		
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			children, our families, and those who want to
		
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			start families. May Allah bless them. May Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ala bless those who are recently married
		
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			and those who are trying to get married.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa'ala bring down his swift
		
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			mercy and his justice for our brothers and
		
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			sisters in every land and place, and grant
		
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			us a share of facilitating justice for them
		
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			as well.