Waleed Basyouni – When The Dua Was Instantly Answered

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The speakers discuss the importance of praying to Islam and connecting their heart to it to connect with their gods. They stress the need to be a good role model for their children, particularly in marriage, and to invest in their children. The importance of fear and hope in deeds and humility in achieving good deeds is emphasized, along with the need to pray for one's family and community. The speakers also mention upcoming events and a deadline for voting.

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			Inna alhamdulillahi wa nasta'aynuhu wa nastaghdeehu wa
		
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			nastaghfiruhu wa na'udhu billahi min shururi anfusina
		
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			wa min sayyiati a'malina man yahdihi allahu falaa
		
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			mudhilla lahu wa man yudhlin falaa hadiya lah
		
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			wa ashhadu an la ilaha illallah wahdahu la
		
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			sharika lah wa ashhadu anna muhammadan abduhu wa
		
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			rasuluh Allahumma salli wa sallim wa barik ala
		
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			nabiyina muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa
		
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			sallim allahumma tasliman kathira amma ba'd All praise
		
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			due to Allah and his praise and blessings
		
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			and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wa sallam his family, his companions and
		
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			his followers until the day of judgment I
		
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			bear witness that Allah is the only one
		
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			worthy of worship and Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam his last and final messenger Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala says in surah al-anbiya
		
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			وزكريا إذ نادى ربه رب لا تذرني فردا
		
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			وأنت خير الوارثين فاستجبنا له ووهبنا
		
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			له يحيا وأصلحنا له زوجة إنهم كانوا يسارعون
		
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			في الخيرات ويدعوننا رغبا ورهبا وكانوا لنا
		
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			خاشعين When Zakariya cried out, prayed to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala Oh my Lord, do
		
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			not leave me childless لا تذرني فردا وأنت
		
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			خير الوارثين You are the best of successors
		
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			Then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says فاستجبنا
		
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			We right away responded to him Answered his
		
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			call And we gave him Yahya, John And
		
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			amended for him his wife وأصلحنا له زوجة
		
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			إنهم كانوا Indeed they used to hasten in
		
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			good deeds And supplicate And supplicate us in
		
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			hope and fear رغبا ورهبا And they were
		
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			to us humbly submissive وكانوا لنا خاشعين This
		
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			verse, two verses What I would like to
		
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			reflect upon with you today in our khutbah
		
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			So many lessons we can learn from this
		
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			short two verses Number one وَزَكَرِيَّ إِذْ نَادَى
		
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			رَبَّه When Zakariya cried out to his Lord
		
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			Prayed to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala In
		
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			regard to a worldly matter with him Being
		
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			childless and he would like to have children
		
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			That shows you that you know what One
		
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			of the thing that we need to revival
		
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			in our life today Is the focus on
		
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			dua And believing in the power of prayer
		
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			Unfortunately today And dua is something that became
		
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			You know a habit, a custom We don't
		
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			put so much belief in it We don't
		
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			put so much emphasis on it We don't,
		
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			our kids don't see that There is one
		
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			sister told me once I will never forget
		
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			that She said shaykh What I loved about
		
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			Islam when I converted to Islam Is because
		
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			the type of relationship that you have with
		
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			Allah But I'm surprised by how Muslims Don't
		
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			have that focus and emphasis on the prayer
		
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			She said for example when I was a
		
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			kid Every time we go to bed I
		
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			would pray with my father who was a
		
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			Christian at that time We'll kneel down by
		
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			the bed and we'll pray But I don't
		
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			see that as something that I see a
		
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			lot That people pay that much attention to
		
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			prayer And you know what This is something
		
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			we should If you look back in the
		
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			time of the Prophet ﷺ That he always
		
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			rushed to the dua And dua play a
		
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			major role in every step in his way
		
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			Even when he take his first step outside
		
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			the house He would say O
		
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			Allah protect me from being misguided or mislead
		
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			Protect me from someone acting ignorant with me
		
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			O Allah guide me and guide through me
		
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			What a beautiful dua That's the first Putting
		
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			his trust in Allah as he goes out
		
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			The first thing he says when he opens
		
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			his eyes He pray to Allah The first
		
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			thing he says before he goes to sleep
		
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			He pray to Allah Prayer is 24-7
		
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			And today unfortunately prayer It became you know
		
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			Just something we do without even thinking about
		
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			it We don't give much attention to it
		
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			We don't teach our kids That this is
		
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			one of the most important thing to do
		
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			Yes you need to study for the exam
		
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			Yes you need to do your homework Yes
		
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			you need to do all this But you
		
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			know what comes in the top of all
		
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			this lust Before and after and during doing
		
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			all these things Is to pray to Allah
		
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			Yes when you're sick you take your medication
		
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			You go to the doctor But before you
		
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			go to the doctor While you're at the
		
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			doctor After you visit the doctor While you're
		
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			taking your medication You still pray to Allah
		
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			The power of dua is something It's not
		
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			about It's about you connected your heart to
		
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			Allah And what can be better when you
		
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			are connected to the heavens Connected to the
		
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			almighty Allah The most honorable, noble thing is
		
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			prayer Because it connects you directly to Allah
		
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			So here's Zakaria He prayed and he cried
		
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			to his lord Then Allah said right away
		
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			we answered his call And here you need
		
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			to understand The answer of your dua Sometimes
		
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			comes instantly Immediately Right away And sometimes it's
		
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			delayed Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala decide the
		
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			answer Based on his infant wisdom Based on
		
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			what he sees the best Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala doesn't do things in this world
		
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			According to our wisdom To our desire To
		
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			our timeline To what we want He do
		
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			it according to what perfect sense Everything done
		
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			according to a perfect measurement The time The
		
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			portion How it comes The way it's done
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala have his wisdom
		
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			And reasons behind all these things So I
		
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			want you one of the reason for your
		
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			dua To be immediately accepted And answered And
		
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			given what you request When you have so
		
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			much sincerity in it Zakaria alayhi salam was
		
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			not looking for You know just a child
		
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			to boost with his children Or make you
		
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			know Give him a strength or No he
		
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			wants a child who carry that message Who
		
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			continue to lead the children of Israel As
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala appointed kings one
		
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			after another To lead them And their kings
		
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			were their prophets as well So we answered
		
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			him and gave him Yahya We gave him
		
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			John Because the child is Hayat Yahya in
		
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			Arabic language means life Because it give life
		
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			to the person When you have children that
		
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			you know an extension of your life But
		
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			only if your children Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala bless your children You extend your life
		
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			by doing more good Making salah, making dua,
		
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			making dhikr, making donations You know continuing benefit
		
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			people, helping others And you contributed to their
		
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			success And that continue to you know increase
		
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			your life span In a sense you increase
		
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			still continue receiving the reward From your children
		
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			Good deeds In Arabic language When you die
		
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			your deeds stop except because of three reasons
		
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			One of them a righteous child you leave
		
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			behind Also Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said
		
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			And Amended for him his wife What that
		
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			means Mufassiri Muhammad said His wife used to
		
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			be an aggressive woman Her tongue is sharp
		
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			Not a very friendly person Sometimes cross the
		
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			line Use language not appropriate So Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala Mended her it means he
		
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			guided her to adopt To became a better
		
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			person A better manner A better wife Loving,
		
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			compassionate, good wife Many of the Mufassiri said
		
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			that And some said no amended his wife
		
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			It means she was unable to bear children
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made her
		
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			able to have her period And was able
		
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			to bear children And both opinions are acceptable
		
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			And no problem with both And both there
		
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			is a benefit for us to learn It's
		
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			important before you have a children To have
		
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			a good role model for these children So
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala amended his wife
		
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			Made her possessive the best of manners Before
		
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			this child comes So he can see a
		
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			good role model in front of him So
		
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			that child will be raised in a house
		
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			Where both are role model It's important to
		
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			choose the right woman for your children It's
		
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			important for you when you think about marriage
		
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			You also think about your children How they
		
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			gonna be Sometimes we just figure that out
		
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			quite late But those who have not yet
		
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			married Those who are young Those who have
		
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			children This is a good advice to keep
		
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			in mind To give and to pass to
		
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			your children Make sure your daughter married a
		
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			good man And your son married a good
		
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			woman A woman and a man that the
		
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			parents That they will be a good role
		
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			model for their children Also, you ask Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala To give your children
		
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			And with children the barakah, the blessings That's
		
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			why Al-Bukhari rahimahullah ta'ala said You
		
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			ask Allah for children But you ask Allah
		
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			to bless these children So not be a
		
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			curse on you It's important to think of
		
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			how You know How important it is to
		
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			be To Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
		
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			bless you With a righteous family And among
		
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			this family member is your own son or
		
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			daughter You know One
		
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			of the brothers said I was for six
		
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			years Going to doctors or going back to
		
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			doctors You know, going to clinic, doing tasks
		
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			Everything looks fine, but no children Six years
		
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			we tried And somebody told him Increase your
		
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			dua Using the same dua of Zakaria And
		
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			increase your istighfar He said, I continuously do
		
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			this during the day and the night In
		
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			my salah And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			after six years Blessed me with children alhamdulillah
		
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			And have multiple children after that Another thing
		
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			that I would like you to pay attention
		
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			to In these verses Where Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala said Explaining to us Why they
		
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			deserve Why Zakaria deserve to be His dua
		
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			to be answered What's so special about him
		
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			He said He said They used to rush
		
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			They used to hasten They used to hasten
		
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			in good deeds They referring to who?
		
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			Who they?
		
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			Two opinions among the scholars And both are
		
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			correct Both can be accepted One, they referring
		
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			to prophets and messengers And all these prophets
		
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			and messengers Used to hasten in good deeds
		
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			And all the prophets and messengers that were
		
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			mentioned in the surah One common factor between
		
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			all the prophets and messengers They hasten in
		
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			good deeds And that's something to reflect upon
		
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			Ya habibi My dear brothers, my dear sister
		
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			A prophet and messenger Forgiving all his sins
		
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			Promised jannah Yet he hasten to good deeds
		
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			When he see an opportunity of good deeds
		
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			He hasten to it He never hesitate He
		
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			double the effort What about you and me
		
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			Who should be hasten to good deeds more
		
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			Us When the prophets and messengers They are
		
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			role model They inspire us not by words
		
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			But by actions Also It was said They
		
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			used to hasten in good deeds They used
		
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			to hasten in good deeds Referring to The
		
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			parents The father and the mother They used
		
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			to hasten in good And that's why Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala Have blessed them with
		
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			this righteous child And that's a lesson for
		
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			us You want your children to be good
		
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			MashaAllah Allah will manner successful Religious Stay away
		
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			from drugs and bad things Be a role
		
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			model Make sure that you yourself Invest in
		
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			the ta'a of Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala He
		
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			is a great scholar From the successors He
		
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			said sometimes I increase my night prayer Just
		
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			because I want Allah to bless my children
		
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			I do extra things So Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala reward me by Making my children
		
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			More righteous It is important When you see
		
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			A house Where the husband and wife compete
		
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			In goodness What a beautiful scene When you
		
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			see the husband and wife See who pray
		
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			more Who fast more Who read more Quran
		
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			Who wake up early to Salah Who pray
		
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			earlier in the time Who pray sunnah Who
		
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			miss sunnah When you have that kind of
		
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			Competing Between father and mother What do you
		
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			think children will look like What a beautiful
		
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			image this verse Draw for us Fill
		
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			khairat In goodness All kind of goodness And
		
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			that's Kept so general Because people have different
		
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			interest I might Hasten in good when it
		
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			comes to Salah When it comes early to
		
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			the masjid reading Quran Learning the deen Teaching,
		
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			giving da'wah Donating for the sake of
		
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			Allah And if I say to you Hey
		
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			everybody donate Today to our waqf You should
		
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			have that zeal I will be the first
		
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			to do Waqf Means endowment Just in case
		
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			if you wonder what it means I will
		
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			have that zeal You know what I will
		
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			be the first one Hey we have a
		
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			program for him Yeah I will be the
		
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			first I am the first To submit Yaqul
		
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			Ibn alward If you can make that a
		
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			rule If you can make that a rule
		
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			I am not going to let anyone You
		
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			know win that race And I am going
		
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			to win Other than me I will be
		
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			the first in this race Which is the
		
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			race to Allah You know I am going
		
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			to put that Extra mile Because the good
		
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			news is You know There is no traffic
		
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			jam On that extra mile That you put,
		
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			the effort that you put When good is
		
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			not Good enough When you ask yourself is
		
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			good or great And I want to be
		
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			a great, I want to be excellent When
		
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			you make that choice Between being good or
		
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			being great That's when you say They hasten
		
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			in good deeds May Allah subhana wa ta
		
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			'ala Make us among them Astaghfirullah Astaghfirullah And
		
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			in the end Allah subhana wa ta'ala
		
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			In the end Allah subhana wa ta'ala
		
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			Says that they pray to Allah When they
		
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			are in a state of fear and hope
		
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			And also While they are completely submitting The
		
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			self to Allah subhana wa ta'ala With
		
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			humility And that's the essence of Ibadah The
		
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			servitude of Allah Is to submit yourself To
		
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			Allah subhana wa ta'ala in humility No
		
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			arrogance Whatever He orders you Whatever He commands
		
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			you I heard and I obey Allah I
		
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			submit myself to your will To your orders
		
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			And to your will And to whatever you
		
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			decreed upon me I'm happy with it I'm
		
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			submitting myself to it Even if I'm not
		
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			very happy And you know hard for me
		
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			I know there is a greater wisdom I
		
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			know my payday is coming I know my
		
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			break is coming And I'll be patient and
		
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			I'll submit myself to your will Ya Allah
		
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			Ar-rahab war raghab Rahaban war raghaba Also
		
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			there is a different opinion among what it
		
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			means Some said like what you heard Fear
		
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			and hope Which is fine But also ar
		
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			-rahab war raghab You submit yourself to Allah
		
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			subhana wa ta'ala With your heart full
		
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			of fear from Allah And hope as well
		
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			To balance that And sometimes one of them
		
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			can be higher When you're about to commit
		
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			a sin You don't have Wallahi Allah subhana
		
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			wa ta'ala And he forgave me and
		
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			the tawba is acceptable Just let me drink
		
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			that alcohol Or do that or watch that
		
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			No no at that point You put the
		
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			fear more You repented to Allah subhana wa
		
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			ta'ala And you sincerely repented You really
		
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			regret what you did Now you don't think
		
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			about Jahannaman azaban aleeman You know Ta'am
		
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			al naar You don't think about that You
		
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			increase that hope Upon death you increase that
		
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			hope You don't go to someone dying Who
		
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			is a Muslim you tell him Allahumma astaghfirullah
		
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			How many sins you have done Now you're
		
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			going to deal with all your haram stuff
		
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			At this moment you increase that hope Subhana
		
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			wa ta'ala Yaqul ba'dal ulam ma wadidtu
		
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			anna fi sahifati shay' min amal al hajjaj
		
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			illa hadhi al kalima Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			said I never wish to have anything Of
		
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			al hajjaj ibn yusuf's record Of deeds except
		
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			this One thing he said before he died
		
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			You know al hajjaj Umar ibn al aziz
		
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			said If Allah yawm al qiyamah says Every
		
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			nation bring the worst man Ever exist in
		
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			that nation And we brought al hajjaj We
		
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			will beat them all He will be the
		
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			worst of the worst Okay Then he said
		
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			The ulama said I never wished anything from
		
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			his deeds Except one thing He said it
		
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			before he died What did he say Ya
		
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			rab
		
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			those
		
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			people think Less of your mercy They think
		
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			that you cannot forgive someone like me With
		
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			all my sins Ya rab show them how
		
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			merciful you are and forgive me What a
		
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			word just right before he died And then
		
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			he died after that That's the hope upon
		
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			them Also it was said In a time
		
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			of ease and a time of hardship So
		
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			That's another meaning as well What that means
		
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			It means we are consistent in our ibadah
		
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			We are consistent in our dua I don't
		
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			just pray to Allah And submit to Allah
		
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			when I'm in the ease Or I'm in
		
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			the hardship No all the time What motivates
		
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			you to hasten in good deeds Is the
		
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			hope and the fear The hope for the
		
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			reward Make you advance yourself in good deeds
		
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			The fear also make you Hasten in good
		
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			One thing to reflect upon That Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala Start with hope before fear
		
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			Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala way more
		
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			merciful Another thing to reflect upon That Allah
		
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			talk about prophet and messenger That they have
		
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			fear in their heart And they have the
		
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			hope and the fear If that's the prophet
		
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			and messenger have this in their heart How
		
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			come our heart empty How come our heart
		
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			and mind Is not filled with that fear
		
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			and hope Allah speaks about The prophet and
		
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			messenger And he said They submit themselves to
		
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			us With humility Today one of us donated
		
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			Maybe last Ramadan Couple of thousand dollars And
		
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			mashallah make khatm al quran last Ramadan This
		
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			is enough I have enough good deeds for
		
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			the next year Or make Qiyam al layl
		
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			or come to fajr prayer Or pray the
		
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			five times daily prayer I prayed all my
		
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			five daily prayer today He feel khalas I'm
		
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			done Or somebody Memorize the quran or somebody
		
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			just because People call him shaykh or call
		
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			him imam Or whatever he think that he's
		
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			all that Now Allah talk about prophet and
		
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			messenger Who receive revelation from Allah He said
		
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			that they submit themselves With humility Arrogant Arrogant
		
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			is not The manners or the character Of
		
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			a muslim Can you see how much we
		
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			can learn From just two short Verses Let's
		
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			change our attitude And our way of reading
		
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			the quran To be more in depth Connect
		
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			more with the meaning Make sure that you
		
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			reflect Upon the verses See how it can
		
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			impact you in your life May Allah Protect
		
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			all of us And protect our brothers and
		
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			sisters Who suffering around the world Especially my
		
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			brother and sister in palestine We ask Allah
		
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			by his name And attributes to bring An
		
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			urgent relief to them And victory to those
		
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			who Have been abused and oppressed And moved
		
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			out of their homes And may Allah To
		
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			Give them aid and help And relief and
		
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			make us among Those who always will Continue
		
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			praying for our brothers and sisters And support
		
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			them and don't forget their case We ask
		
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			Allah To use us In the best of
		
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			ways and also To give us a zeal
		
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			That you know Interest Give us that zeal
		
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			and interest And commitment To always do what
		
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			is right To always do the best of
		
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			deeds May Allah give us Aid us and
		
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			give us that Ability to continue worship you
		
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			Until we meet you May Allah forgive our
		
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			sins And shower us with your mercy And
		
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			bless this community And this gathering Arabic
		
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			Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic
		
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			Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic
		
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			Arabic Today is the day of Friday And
		
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			it's a day where Allah Encourage us To
		
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			increase our Salah and Salam Allahumma Arabic Arabic
		
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			And in the end my brothers and sisters
		
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			Just I forgot to mention something important That
		
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			as you all know today is the last
		
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			day of the early voting, make sure your
		
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			vote is cast.
		
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			I know you get tired of the election,
		
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			I'm tired of it already, but it is
		
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			important for our community to go, even if
		
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			you vote for one person, even if you
		
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			vote for one issue, and ask if you
		
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			don't know, but make sure that your name
		
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			is cast.
		
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			Ballots is more powerful than bullets.
		
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			You know, and it's, I'm gonna tell you,
		
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			I know you say, we didn't see change,
		
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			we do big, it's not about necessarily your
		
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			generation.
		
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			This is an accumulating effort.
		
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			If you don't start today, this is about
		
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			the next generation, mainly.
		
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			For me, that's how I see it.
		
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			I see the impact of what we're doing
		
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			today is the next generation, not our generation.
		
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			But if we drop it today, there's nothing
		
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			for the next generations, and next generation will
		
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			start from way back.
		
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			So it's a long-term, it's a long
		
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			shot.
		
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			Yes, there is a win, can be short
		
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			-term, but the long-term is to have
		
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			an impact, and a long-term impact.
		
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			May Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
		
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			make it easy, and He says, We have
		
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			a choice, and we will begin our journey
		
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			with the Lord of the worlds.