Waleed Basyouni – A Lasting Legacy

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The speakers discuss the importance of legacy and how it can be made by individuals or communities. They stress the need for positive attitude and positive outfits to build a legacy, as it directly links to the "active attitude" to life. The plan for the next decade is not something the speaker thinks about, but rather something they plan about. The importance of positive attitude and positive mental health is emphasized, as it is crucial for building a legacy.

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			As salaam alaikum.
		
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			You know, I was thinking, how I'm
gonna get people, get, get you
		
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			guys to be active and engaged, but
Zala you know, coming after Sheik
		
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			Hussam. You know, it's fantastic.
It's hard to match, but at least
		
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			he wakes everybody up, which is
excellent. May Allah reward him
		
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			and keep that energy. I mean
		
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			legacy,
		
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			how to leave behind an outlasting
legacy, or a legacy that will you
		
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			will leave behind you as an
individual, as a community, as an
		
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			organization, as a family,
		
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			legacy is a situation that has
developed as a result of past
		
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			actions and decisions. Someone
sitting in the shade of a tree is
		
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			a result of someone long time ago
have planted that tree in this
		
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			place, so now you're enjoying the
shade of that tree,
		
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			if you would not, if you would not
be forgotten as soon as you are
		
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			dead.
		
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			It was said, either write
something worth reading or do
		
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			something worth writing about.
		
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			That's right.
		
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			So legacy, I looked at this word.
Do we have any word in Islam
		
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			equal to the word legacy?
		
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			Like, what will be legacy in
Islam, if you translate this to
		
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			one word in Islam,
		
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			Sira? No, Sira is not legacy.
Sira, it means biography.
		
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			So it's actually we don't have in
Arabic or in Islam, Islamic
		
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			tradition, a phrase. It's called
Legacy, but the concept is 100%
		
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			exists in our religion
		
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			because Islam teaches us to
outlive our life, and that's what
		
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			legacy is about.
		
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			Islam is fundamentally talking
and, you know, addressing the
		
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			issue of to outlive your life.
		
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			For example, we talk about Asad
jariya, a continuous charity after
		
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			your death, something will
continue to contribute goodness to
		
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			others, and you will benefit from
it as well,
		
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			the concept of responsibility
towards others. The Prophet sallam
		
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			said, all of you responsible, and
all of you will be asked in the
		
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			day of judgment and legacy is,
what is you feel the sense of
		
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			responsibility to contribute
something that it will continue to
		
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			benefit people after your time.
		
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			You know we have the concept of
Rahman Al Alameen, mercy to
		
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			mankind. We have the concept of
khayru NAS and far hum li NAS, the
		
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			most beneficial and the best of
people, though, who are the best
		
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			to other people.
		
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			You know, we have a concept in
Islam
		
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			Hua and jak bin al Ardi was TA.
Allah created you from this earth,
		
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			put you on this earth, and have
made you in charge of Imara Tula.
		
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			What's Imara Tula? This word in
Arabic, it means you're
		
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			responsible of making this place
good. This place is full of
		
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			goodness. That's what legacy is
all about.
		
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			And I know it's late, that's why I
don't want to go into details, but
		
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			I want to lay down some important
points to keep in mind about
		
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			legacy.
		
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			Making a legacy doesn't mean you
change the world,
		
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			and that's important thing to
start with. A lot of people think
		
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			legacy means I'm going to changing
the world. I'm going to change,
		
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			you know, there is this guy here
always want to change the world.
		
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			After a while, he downgrade his
plan to change the continent, then
		
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			he downgrade a little bit to
change the country, then downgrade
		
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			a little bit himself to change,
you know, the city, then downgrade
		
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			it to changing the neighborhood,
then changing his own community,
		
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			then his own house.
		
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			Then you realize it starts with
changing himself.
		
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			So when you talk about legacy, you
don't need to think about
		
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			something that will change the
whole world. Might some of you,
		
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			some of us, will come with an idea
that would have a global impact.
		
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			But that's not the only legacy.
		
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			Also, making a legacy does not
mean necessarily to see the
		
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			outcome of the foundations and the
seeds that you planted and
		
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			established as a matter.
		
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			Fact, most of legacies, or most of
legacy makers did not witness
		
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			their legacy, and sometimes it
takes years or generations to
		
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			appreciate the groundwork that has
been done.
		
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			You know, so many scholars. You
know they were not appreciated
		
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			until they die. You know, when you
look at Ibn Taymiyyah, for
		
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			example, Ibn Taymiyyah put in jail
torture, you know. And guess what?
		
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			Upon his death, people realize the
value of this man and what kind of
		
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			giant that they have missed.
		
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			You know, imam in nawawi. That's
very famous Imam. You know, imam
		
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			in nawahima, Allah, at one point
in his life, you know, he
		
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			basically or not, no even Imam,
		
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			the one scholar in Arabic
language, very famous, Ibn Aqil
		
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			Ibn Aqil Ibn Manik, sorry, and ibn
Abi, these great giants in Arabic
		
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			language at one point in their
Life, they don't have much of
		
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			students.
		
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			You know some and Imam Al Bukhari,
Rahim Allah, do you know that at
		
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			one point in Imam Al Bukhari would
go to Baghdad, and nobody will
		
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			open the door for him?
		
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			Nobody, nobody appreciated him.
Imam Al Bukhari had a great man,
		
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			and in the name of his time,
people appreciated his work after
		
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			his death. What's the best book in
tafsir?
		
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			What's the best book in tasir ever
written?
		
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			Ibn jirit Tabari. Bin Kathir is
just one of the fruit of Ibn jirit
		
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			Tabari. I remember ja Tabar Rahima
Allah. You know, when he died,
		
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			they could not even take him to
the cemetery. He died. He stayed
		
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			in his home, and they were worried
that the smell of his body will
		
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			come out and it became rotten.
		
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			They was the his family could not
dare to take him out his house
		
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			because of the people of Baghdad
was so angry at him, people used
		
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			to sneak in the night to the Al
mew bin JIRA Tabriz house to pray
		
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			janaz on him in a well known
story. But guess what? The best
		
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			book we have today in tafsir in
Qur'an is the tafsir bin jarud
		
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			Tabari,
		
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			hand down. Hands down. No one can.
Can argue this fact, no one
		
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			but it was not known in his time,
so many legacies and so many
		
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			things were appreciated way after
your time, would you put the seed?
		
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			You put the effort and not
necessarily to witness it.
		
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			Making a legacy doesn't mean that
you have to be famous. You at
		
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			least at that time you have to be
with the big titles ahead of
		
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			organizations or, you know, well
known or a speaker, or anything of
		
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			that nature.
		
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			There is a lot of legacy makers in
this conference. They never step a
		
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			foot on the stage, never give a
talk, but you know what they have
		
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			been doing and making a legacy for
the last decade, 10 years, may
		
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			Allah accept from them,
		
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			and also for Shala years and
generations to come.
		
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			You know, I give you an example.
Abdullah bin masroud is a legacy
		
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			maker. The legacy of masroud is
unbelievable. A whole entire
		
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			school were built in Al Iraq after
IBM is rude teaching Ibn ms Ruud
		
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			did not have a title in the
Islamic State. He's not the
		
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			Khalifa. He's not the vice
Khalifa. He's not Amiri, even
		
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			among the Sahara, the Allah Abu
Asmaa. He was just a young man,
		
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			but he was able to build that
legacy.
		
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			No one I heard of born into
success and legacy. They simply
		
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			did and continue to do things that
help them realize their full
		
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			potential.
		
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			Making a legacy does not mean you
have to build it alone,
		
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			and that's an important concept to
keep in mind.
		
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			Legacy can be made by individual
or community. Collectively, we all
		
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			contribute together to build that
legacy, and that's something we
		
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			should of concern. I give you an
example.
		
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			Let's assume I'm not going to give
a specific name, but a community
		
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			here in Calgary, a masjid or a
organization name it. Think about
		
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			it, if today or tomorrow, Allah
forbid this organization ceased to
		
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			exist, ended disappeared from
Calgary,
		
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			what Calgarian, I don't you guys
call them,
		
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			yeah, worlds miss something.
		
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			An average person in Calgary said,
You know what?
		
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			Life is not the same.
		
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			There is something missing.
		
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			There's a lot of people impacted
by that. You.
		
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			Know, disappearing of this
organization.
		
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			You know, Imam Ahmad Rahima Allah,
upon his death, has a doctor who
		
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			was a Christian
		
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			came to him and he said, My priest
would like to come see you before
		
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			you die.
		
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			That's his doctor. Then I Muhammad
allowed him to come. Then he came
		
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			to Raheem. He said, Yeah, Imam, I
want you to know that your
		
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			existence is not a blessing only
for Muslims. It's for all of us.
		
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			He recognized that priest, that
the impact of that Imam is not
		
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			limited only to a small circle,
it's to the whole entire society
		
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			about that.
		
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			Would our Imam today have the same
level of impact
		
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			that not necessarily determined
they might have legacy limited to
		
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			certain area, but what I'm saying
see how what in our community
		
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			and so forth. So the most
important things is basically, you
		
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			ask yourself, how you know you
build that legacy, and you either
		
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			alone, or not necessarily alone,
collectively were all together,
		
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			something I was wondering,
		
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			what's the legacy that Muslims
will leave behind,
		
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			or not leave behind, will put up
in front for the coming
		
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			generations?
		
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			What do you think the people of
can the Canadians and the the
		
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			people of Canada, when they think
of Muslims, they think of what,
		
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			what kind of contributions that we
have done as a community to the
		
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			world
		
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			or to the Canadian you know,
society at large, this is
		
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			something it should be of a
concern. If you think about legacy
		
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			as a community, we should start
have this conversation, and
		
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			sometimes this conversation can be
hard
		
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			in a level of a community, it must
be easier in a level of
		
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			individuals. I know some sisters,
for example, run a very successful
		
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			organization in Toronto to help
women who are refugees and have
		
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			experience *.
		
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			That's her specialties,
		
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			help them to rebuild themselves.
		
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			I know, for example, another
institute or another group of
		
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			individuals, they focus on
searching and made a huge amount
		
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			of progress recognizing the
national level.
		
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			So when we talk about this kind of
legacy that that you will
		
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			basically leave behind you as an
individual or collectively, as a
		
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			society or a community.
		
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			Legacy can be made in different
areas, and the more impact it has
		
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			on people, the better it is.
		
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			But it can be very specific, very
niche
		
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			legacy is to succeed in making
lasting positive change in the
		
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			society
		
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			and to be a source of inspiration
to generations to come.
		
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			That story to be told,
		
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			a name that will be recognized, a
contribution that it will be felt.
		
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			Many people don't differentiate
between fame and greatness, with
		
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			associated with leaving a legacy.
		
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			What's the difference? Lot of
young people, and a lot of people
		
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			actually young and old, they don't
know the difference between fame
		
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			and greatness.
		
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			Fame is based on what you gain in
life. Greatness is based on what
		
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			you contribute to life.
		
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			I'll say that again, fame is based
on what you gain.
		
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			Greatness is based on what you
contribute, what you leave.
		
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			Building a legacy has nothing to
do with your age or gender or
		
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			ethnic, but it has everything to
do with the hard and sincere your
		
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			actions are.
		
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			A lot of people build legacy
sisters and brothers, young people
		
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			and old.
		
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			Pamela.
		
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			How many of you guys heard about
Omar Al ghazis?
		
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			He is a legacy maker. That's
really kind of if this is true
		
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			that most of hands had not raised
their hands about Omar ghazis. You
		
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			should check him out.
		
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			He's, by the way, an old man in
old days, like died long time ago.
		
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			Omar ibn Al ghazis, when you look
at his biography, you will see
		
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			that he said one of the things
that he made him the way he was
		
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			the man. He was the.
		
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			His own Son.
		
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			Many people never heard of his
son, Abdul Malik,
		
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			but his son contributed to that,
to building that great man, which
		
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			is Rahima Allah.
		
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			Those who want to build a legacy,
		
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			there are things you need to keep
in mind.
		
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			And I just want to share a couple
of things before I end my talk for
		
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			tonight.
		
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			Number one,
		
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			it's all based on your attitude in
life.
		
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			You know what they say? They say
your attitude will determine your
		
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			altitude.
		
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			Your attitude will determine your
altitude, how high you go.
		
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			So make sure you have a good
attitude, positive attitude,
		
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			because that will contribute
directly to the legacy that you
		
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			will leave behind you.
		
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			I never get that shirt. I do have
a cut. I have, I have the shirt at
		
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			home, even though it's old. Now,
when my son maybe 15 years ago,
		
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			when I was going to the hospital
for his treatment for his cancer,
		
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			and I saw this shirt in the back,
it's written on it, the only
		
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			disabilities in life is bad
attitude.
		
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			That's really, absolutely true.
That's the only disabilities in
		
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			life about attitude. Good
attitude, enable you, elevate you.
		
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			And let's look how attitude
directly linked to the concepts
		
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			would like this. For instance,
look at the way, the manner you
		
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			live your life. A lot of people, a
lot of hardworking men and women
		
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			that I know, I asked him, What do
you do? And he said, I do this.
		
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			And he do this, Sheik, so hard.
You guys talk about the nice
		
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			things, but you Sheik, I work so
hard, and I don't have no I have
		
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			no doubt about that, that is so
many people
		
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			working so hard to making to make
a living,
		
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			but while you are making a living,
you forget to make a life,
		
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			which is very sad.
		
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			While you're working hard to make
a living, you forgot to make a
		
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			life. That's called attitude to
life. What's your attitude? Are
		
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			you trying to build a resume to
impress people, or are you trying
		
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			to build a legacy to impact
people?
		
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			Aren't you trying to make money,
or are you trying to make a
		
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			difference?
		
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			Resume is about accomplishment,
while legacy is about
		
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			contributing,
		
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			resume is always about results,
		
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			while legacy is about
relationships,
		
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			it's about career, your resume,
and your right to resume, but your
		
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			legacy, it's about your family.
It's about your community. It's
		
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			about the organization that you're
associated with.
		
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			Resume is start and end with your
life.
		
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			Our legacy start with your life,
but it will not end with your
		
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			life.
		
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			It will be something way much
bigger than you. Last longer than
		
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			you.
		
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			It's not about how you improved as
much. It's about how can you
		
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			improve others and help others.
When we build a resume, our life
		
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			is short as a number of years on
this earth, but when we make a
		
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			legacy, our lives become bigger
and longer as the as the concept
		
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			and the legacy we're part of
		
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			another attitude determine your
legacy. It is how you live your
		
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			life. Are you living like a
victor, or are you living like a
		
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			victim?
		
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			Will determine what kind of legacy
we be. How we leaving behind Are
		
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			we just want to live like a
victim, crying over, looking for
		
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			pity, looking for handout, looking
for, you know, you know, because
		
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			of a minority, because of my color
skin, because of my ethnic but I
		
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			need a pass. I need someone to pat
me on my shoulder. And that's the
		
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			life I want.
		
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			Or, you know what I want to be,
Ali Abu Aliyah, the upper hand. I
		
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			want the one who give, who
contribute, who make the change.
		
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			You know, Safiya Radi Allahu anha,
the Prophet sallam's wife.
		
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			What's her religion? Before Islam,
		
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			she was a Jew. Her father, her
uncle, both killed while they're
		
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			trying to kill the prophet of
Salam and to fight the Prophet.
		
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			Her loss, her family, her uncle,
her father, her you know, you
		
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			need.
		
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			Also her ex, her husband, she's a
widow,
		
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			so her family remember, known of
animosity to the prophet of
		
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			Solomon, to the sahaba. Now she
became a Muslim. What did she
		
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			bring with her? Look, one day
somebody told her a You're the
		
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			daughter of a Jew, you're a Jew.
And she kind of get, you know,
		
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			offended by that. You know what
the Prophet saw them said, See, he
		
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			want to change your attitude in
life. He said, The Jew. You know
		
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			what you are, a daughter of a
prophet, and your uncle was a
		
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			prophet, Musa and Harun. None of
these Arab womans who saying this
		
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			to you their grandfather, they can
claim that their grandfather and
		
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			their uncle was a prophet.
		
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			Wow, she was so boost and happy.
I'm proud of that heritage. That's
		
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			a big difference between how you
live your
		
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			life, you know when you see these
opportunities in your
		
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			difficulties, versus you always
see difficulties in your
		
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			opportunities.
		
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			It's attitude, I pity
		
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			the man who inherits a million and
isn't millionaire,
		
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			because being a millionaire is an
attitude. It's not about the
		
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			money, only
		
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			it is when your income grow and
you don't,
		
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			you know attitude. We talked touch
about this earlier in the morning,
		
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			the mental positive attitude. And
		
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			instead of saying it cannot be
done, say how it can be done.
		
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			The Prophet sallam said, if all
people bad, he have destroyed
		
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			them. Mankala Halak, a nurse
		
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			all another nation, he's the worst
of them. If somebody said, All
		
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			people are bad, all people, he
sees the worst. The Prophet said,
		
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			you know when a man was brought to
drunk? And in some narration in
		
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			Ramadan. In Ramadan, drunk
		
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			people curse him. Somebody said
all was he brought drunk. Always
		
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			he drink alcohol. The Prophet, see
the positive mental attitude. The
		
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			Prophet said, Don't curse him.
Don't help the shaytan against
		
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			him.
		
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			You know, when you curse this
person, what you do? You're
		
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			helping the shaytaan against this
person, isolated and pushing this
		
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			person away from you. So he became
what an easy prayer for the
		
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			shaytaan. The Prophet saw him,
said, should you say better than
		
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			that? Say, may Allah have mercy on
him. May Allah forgive him. Asta
		
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			of your Allah. That's that, that
what the sheik was trying to tell
		
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			you earlier, accept forgiveness.
Accept the responsibility of
		
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			forgiveness, because if ALLAH
forgive you, it means you will
		
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			change yourself.
		
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			So he said, say, may Allah have
mercy on him.
		
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			He loves Allah, and His Messenger
salad is Ali, but he become he's
		
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			weak. He looked at the positive
area.
		
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			Sometimes we focus so much on the
thing that people do wrong.
		
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			You know what somebody told me
once about my own because part of
		
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			your legacy is your own family.
		
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			Somebody a wise man told me,
		
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			Don't always try to catch your
kids doing something wrong.
		
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			You know what? I found that do
that a lot. He said, try to catch
		
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			your kids doing something correct
and right
		
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			and make a comment on it. Don't
just focus on catching them doing
		
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			something wrong. Don't try to
catch your husband or your spouse
		
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			doing something wrong. Catch them
doing something good.
		
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			You know, sometimes we need to
have this positive attitude. And
		
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			instead of saying, no, no, no, no,
what can I do? Yes, Sharia. Some
		
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			people think, you know, the Sharia
is nothing. Some young people,
		
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			teenagers, of me, they think Islam
is a long lust of no's
		
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			why that's not the truth.
		
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			A man came to a sifuan authority
said, Is it true? If I really know
		
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			about Allah on the Day of
Judgment, I would be always sad.
		
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			He said, No, if he truly know
Allah, man arafallah mount, you
		
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			will be every beer will be so
happy.
		
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			Positive attitude. Legacy makers
concentrate on the positive. They
		
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			look for the silver lining in
every situation. They know that it
		
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			is their positivity that will take
them to greatness. If you want to
		
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			be successful, if you want to
build a legacy, you need to have
		
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			positive outlook toward life. I
can't imagine us building a legacy
		
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			in Calgary, and I just see the
society as Doom and gloomy and
		
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			bad.
		
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			And I don't see any good in it.
		
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			Somebody earlier or any
		
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			with what's all going on in the
world. Somebody said, How come
		
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			you? We live in America, in
Canada, we should migrate. We
		
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			should leave. You know, this is
bad. You know, do you see how
		
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			these countries support you know,
what's going on in Raza? And I
		
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			said, Where do you want to go?
		
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			So let's go to Muslim country. I
said, which one
		
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			do you in some Muslim country? In
some Muslim country, my wife was
		
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			wearing a shirt
		
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			in it that I know, the hijabi
sister with the Palestine. You
		
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			know, hijab, you know, it's a very
famous, iconic, you know, t shirt
		
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			these days just or a kuvy like has
a Palestinian. You know, our
		
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			friend, family of us told us, told
my wife, take it off. Don't walk
		
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			on the street like that. You can
be trouble.
		
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			Government can't stop you for it.
Then she said, I'm an American. I
		
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			don't know what that means. Said,
you don't want to find in the hard
		
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			way.
		
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			They were terrified.
		
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			You can't even prove you can't.
You think protest will put you in
		
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			jail.
		
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			You can't speak up. Why?
		
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			Alhamdulillah, we're living in a
country we Yes, we not happy with
		
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			our politicians,
		
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			but you know what? We are happy
that we are in a place and a
		
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			system that allowed us to speak
up, that allowed us to express
		
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			ourselves.
		
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			So don't give me that negative
look. And you know, as of the
		
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			whole entire world doomed and
nothing good in this society,
		
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			I pay tax. You know, you know,
nobody gave the tax with the
		
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			intention I'm giving this money so
some more innocent people die. No,
		
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			you get taxed because, you know
what? You get a free health care.
		
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			You get taxed because of so many
other things, and it's the sin of
		
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			how this money be used in the
wrong way fall into the hand of
		
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			the one who using it. I have no
intention of harming anyone,
		
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			so don't give me that negative,
you know, and make me feel live
		
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			and go where Muslim will go.
		
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			Tell me one country will open its
floor and and place for for
		
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			millions and millions, what 200
millions Muslim live in India
		
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			or more? Where are they going to
go? If you can open that door to
		
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			that conversation? So what I'm
trying to say here, you know,
		
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			positive attitude is very
important, because if you have
		
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			this attitude, you'll never build
anything. I'll never forget I
		
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			wasn't in San Diego in a masjid
and they were fundraising. So
		
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			somebody asked me about, is it
permissible to live in a non
		
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			Muslim? Guy said, Yes, it is
permissible. I live here. You
		
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			know, you live in the place where
you find yourself closer to Allah
		
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			and more beneficial to the
creation of Allah. That's where I
		
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			live. Simple as that. The Imam got
so mad at me, and he said, Oh,
		
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			your shield doesn't believe in
that, and you should not say that.
		
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			I preach in this Masjid. Am I
teaching this message is based on
		
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			not allowed to live? I said, he is
from he's a refugee. And I said,
		
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			Habibi, you come from your country
as a refugee, you know what? With
		
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			all due respect, not a single
Muslim country opened its door for
		
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			you and your people. You went to
show him being your own people,
		
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			how they live in Egypt, how they
live in Saudi Arabia, how they
		
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			live in many other countries,
versus you living in these Western
		
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			countries, sharing the goodness
and they sharing with you their
		
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			income, their money, their he
said, not what, I said, what they
		
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			sharing it because, what? Because?
Masha Allah, yeah, and you come
		
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			with the genius idea, the change
in the world. No, they do this
		
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			because there is a system that
allowed, you know, there is some
		
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			soft heart, like the Prophet said
about the people of the Rome, you
		
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			know, one of the reason they
dominate the world.
		
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			They have the soft spot in their
heart towards people who are
		
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			suffering, not all the time, not
for every cases, but in general
		
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			that exists. There is a system
allowed you to flourish, to shed
		
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			the citizenship, to take a
citizenship, to have a passport to
		
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			travel. And I said, if you really
preach that Imam, why are you
		
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			making a fundraising to build the
second floor? You should downgrade
		
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			the size of the mustard, because
you're going to ship everybody
		
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			out.
		
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			So positive attitude towards
society, it will allow you to make
		
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			that legacy,
		
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			you know a positive attitude
towards mistakes.
		
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			You do need to do an imam or an
organization because they lack or
		
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			they made a mistake,
		
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			mistakes and opportunity to
improve.
		
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			The only mistake that can truly
hurt you is choosing to do
		
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			nothing.
		
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			Simply because you're too scared
to make a mistake.
		
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			Hang on with this.
		
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			In order to build a legacy,
		
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			you is to want to have one. You
can't mean to build a legacy, and
		
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			it is not part of your plan.
		
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			It is not something you think
about, you're not going to
		
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			do it. Wa jal nali, muttaqina,
Imam, Oh Allah, make us leader for
		
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			the muttaqeen, not for just the
people, for the mutaqin. The best
		
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			of people.
		
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			You know Muawiyah and was walking
with his mom, hind
		
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			and me look intelligent. So
somebody said to Hind, he said, Is
		
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			this your son? She said, Yes. He
said, Take care. Good Care of Your
		
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			Son. I think your boy, if he grow
up, he will be the king of the
		
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			Arabs, Qlik Arab. You know what
hind said, and the boy listening,
		
00:31:03 --> 00:31:06
			she said, What a loser. If he be
the king of the Arabs only,
		
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			I'm not preparing him for that,
palahas, I'm preparing him to rule
		
00:31:14 --> 00:31:15
			the world.
		
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			And he ruled the world. Ra,
		
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			that's, the difference.
		
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			And when you you know what Ahmed
zeal is, a is a recipient of Nobel
		
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			Prize and science.
		
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			Do you know his mom when he's in
elementary school? Used to write
		
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			Dr Ahmed and his lunch box and his
name,
		
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			she called him doctor before. I
remember my dad used to call me
		
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			she Walid when I was still
		
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			maybe in high school, just first
year in college,
		
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			and after I started studying
Sharia, he never He treated me in
		
00:31:56 --> 00:31:58
			a very different way. He said,
You're a sheik. I said, I'm not
		
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			yet. Said you will be. But that's
had a great impact on me. Rahima
		
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			Allah,
		
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			you know, self assurance,
confidence, courage is essential.
		
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			Is to build that in you.
		
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			Unfortunately, a lot of people
don't have that on them. They
		
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			don't see themselves capable of
thou doing that.
		
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			You know, it's sad when someone
even don't want to be who they
		
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			are, to wish to be someone else is
to waste the person you are. The
		
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			last person one wants to be is
themselves. Sadly, that is the
		
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			best person to be.
		
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			You know, Confidence comes not
from always being right or
		
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			perfect, but not from afraid or
fearing to be wrong or less,
		
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			accept yourself, for others to
accept you love yourself in order
		
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			for others to love you, have a
confidence in yourself in order
		
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			for others to do so
		
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			doesn't mean to be arrogant.
Doesn't mean to be not realistic,
		
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			doesn't mean to be, you know,
foolish. No,
		
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			this means that you are Abdullah,
the servant of Allah.
		
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			So I invite you, in the end of
this conference to reignite your
		
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			faith, to empower yourself with an
imam bila, believing in Allah,
		
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			accepting your Muhammad,
sallAllahu, alas, and in Islam as
		
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			your Deen, have that confidence in
Allah, because you always say
		
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			this, the most common door of the
Prophet. Do not let me rely on
		
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			myself, even for on a blink of an
eye. Like a
		
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			we live while we always say La,
hawla, wa Ta. Illa, Bella.
		
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			We live while we are saying Wa,
Ma, Taw, Fi. Illa, bila, my
		
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			success comes from Allah. We live
while we are remembering what
		
00:34:06 --> 00:34:09
			Allah said in shakartham, la
azidan, naqum. If you're grateful,
		
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			I will give you more. We live
while we'll believe in Al Qadr, in
		
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			the predestiny, that Allah will
not decree upon us something
		
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			unless the good in it more than
the bad. We live while we know
		
00:34:22 --> 00:34:26
			that what happened to us? It
happened because Allah planted and
		
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			Allah wanted for a great wisdom.
		
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			I believe, if you keep your faith,
you keep your trust in Allah, you
		
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			keep the right attitude, if you
are grateful, you will see Allah
		
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			open a new doors for you.
		
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			Let your life reflect the faith
you have in Allah. Fear nothing
		
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			and pray about everything. Be
strong, trust Allah's word and
		
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			trust the process you come from a
society a his.
		
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			Three and a nation of strength.
Life is full of happiness and
		
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			tears. Be strong and have faith,
because Allah promised a safe
		
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			landing, not a calm journey.
		
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			And I'll say that again,
		
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			a safe landing, not a calm
journey.
		
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			Lata, Sabu, HUD know, my brothers
		
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			and sisters,
		
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			there's a lot to be said. But I
hope with these words,
		
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			I leave you with that big concept,
which is an imam Bellah, something
		
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			that it will inspire you to leave,
something that it will impact your
		
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			family and generation to come
impact the society and the
		
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			community that you're living in,
and to be a force of good,
		
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			contributing a little bit
		
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			towards a bigger goal. It means a
better future for us all. And I
		
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			will say the people ask me
		
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			if,
		
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			if I'll be able to handle the last
talk after a long night of
		
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			talking,
		
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			that's why I'm going to ask you
all to stand up
		
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			see if you can handle this, can
you stand up please? If you can,
		
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			and I want you to take one step to
the right,
		
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			one step to the left.
		
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			Move your hand a little bit. Sit
down.
		
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			I can tell you Danish Radwan
shahnaved Alhamdulillah, as the
		
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			last session of the night I was
able to move the crowd.
		
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			Thank you very much, and may
Allah, I ask Allah, by His names
		
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			and attributes, to accept our good
deeds, to bless this gathering and
		
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			to bless the brother and sisters
who organized us, and to keep
		
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			something that lasts and will
continue for use to come. I ask
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala to forgive
our sins, forgive our
		
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			shortcomings, and to make us among
those who will always do good and
		
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			contribute good. And ask Allah to
Allah to give us this positive
		
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			attitude, that positive mental
attitude, to give us SABR, to give
		
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			us a strength, to give us
confidence. And I ask Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa to help our brothers
and sisters in Palestine, those
		
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			who are suffering in azer and
everywhere in the world. We ask
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa to bring a good
relief, to bring peace and lasting
		
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			peace and justice for those who
are suffering from injustice. And
		
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			I ask Allah subhanahu wa Sala
naval, you alidi, now on your
		
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			Hamana. Allah AJ walikram and tal
pabia, Huanan, Mustafa, seed of
		
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			your hammer. Rahim in ahasa, Allah
makula, hum Yahi aka yum. Allahum
		
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			in a