Yahya Rhodus – Knowledge & Wisdom Imam alHaddad #28

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The speakers discuss the history and use of Jihad in various cultures, emphasizing the importance of knowing its history and use for personal gain. They also discuss the importance of finding people who are actively with the same type of person as the customer and finding people who are willing to work hard and balance. The speakers stress the importance of respecting religious values and finding people who have a strong faith in Islam to avoid false accusations and avoid negative consequences. They also mention the need for people to have a strong faith in Islam to avoid false accusations and avoid negative consequences.

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			Smilla was so that was my
Rasulullah. By the end he was so
		
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			happy woman. While we're going to
continue our study of Hadith from
		
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			the collection called to go to
full validating the abridgement of
		
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			the other Salim. This hadith is
and Jabba Radi Allahu Anhu ha la
		
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			palabra de Luna Nabi sallallahu
alayhi salam, Yama or hood
		
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			or ATIA in culture to for Aina
Anna chlorophyl Jana, for El tema,
		
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			Ratan Theodor Soma, kata LA.
Patel. Whatever Cali.
		
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			So, Java narrates that a man said
to the Prophet salallahu Alaihe
		
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			Salam on the day of
		
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			where will I be,
		
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			if I am killed, he said in the
garden. So he threw aways, some of
		
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			the dates that were in his hand
and then fought until he was
		
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			killed. This is a Hadith both in
Bihari and Muslim. And this is
		
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			very important, because it says in
the context of jihad, that we
		
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			clarify the true meanings of
jihad. And our teachers speak of
		
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			this because there are so many
attempts not to speak about jihad,
		
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			people end up understanding what
Jihad isn't, and that all
		
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			civilizations honor their martyrs,
all civilizations honors those who
		
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			sacrifice their lives for a noble
cause. And when you look at the
		
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			just war, like theory of Islam,
and you understand the true
		
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			manifestations of it, as was the
case with those who fought behind
		
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			the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu
sallam, and it's the same for
		
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			those who fought behind the
Prophet Moses, and the same for
		
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			those who sought fought behind
other prophets who came before us,
		
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			is it these battles were justified
and these battles were to
		
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			distinguish truth from for
precious? How could that have died
		
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			in the people on Earth only, that
you do physical combat types, you
		
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			have jihad, enough's, where you
fight against yourself or falling
		
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			victim, to the following of the
thoughts of the shale team of
		
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			minutes before a lot, that is
jihad. That is a daily struggle
		
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			for us. And then the second
degrees was people where we do
		
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			what is right, and we stand for
justice, we help the societies in
		
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			uplift the societies in which and
then there is the type of Gi where
		
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			there's physical combat in war.
And that has to have certain
		
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			conditions where there has to be
that a that Muslim ruler, and a
		
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			lot more details could be said
about that, how it's misunderstood
		
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			and who it is misunderstood by.
But in our day and age, the focus
		
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			is on the first two types of
jihad, especially for those of us
		
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			in countries like the United
States of America, we struggle
		
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			with ourselves, and we struggle in
our, for the good and betterment
		
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			of society, is that the third type
of jihad has no place for us, and
		
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			the society in which we live. And
let us just be absolutely clear
		
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			about that. So that we can read
these narrations, just as we
		
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			should to learn about the
importance of sacrifice. And all
		
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			of us agree about that if someone
that sacrifices for what they
		
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			believe in those beliefs are valid
reasons to sacrifice for, how
		
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			could that not be respected? And
how could that not be honored? So
		
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			these are Hadith can sacrifice
this can inspire us, and that to
		
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			teach us how it is that we need to
sacrifice and really, that any
		
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			intelligent Muslim that even knows
the basics of their dean can know
		
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			what the supplies do what this
doesn't apply to. But
		
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			unfortunately, in the day of
shaking Google, and that people
		
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			that lacking that learning
knowledge in the proper ways that
		
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			it has been learned traditionally,
from living scholars with unbroken
		
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			chains of transmission to the
Prophet Salah license,
		
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			unfortunately, their perspective
has become warped. And
		
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			unfortunately, that a lot of
people have been preyed upon in
		
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			been indoctrinated with a certain
type of ideology that has a
		
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			misunderstanding of what Jihad
truly is, and that there is no
		
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			meaning to this type of jihad
without first starting with the
		
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			jihad of your own knifes. And the
classic example of that is what
		
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			our teachers always reminded us
of, say, not even ever thought of
		
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			on the battlefield, is that he is
in a that valid manifestation of a
		
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			war and he's about to strike his
enemy after they went back and
		
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			forth. And then his enemy spat on
him. And then he stopped.
		
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			And someone witnessed this and
later asked him, you were fighting
		
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			your enemy going back and forth.
And then you're about to give him
		
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			the death blow and you stopped.
Why did you stop? And he said, at
		
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			first I was fighting him for the
sake of Allah. And when he spat on
		
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			me, I felt that I was going to
then kill him for the sake of my
		
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			own self, for the fact that he
spat on me
		
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			Imagine that level of self control
in the midst of a battle.
		
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			Imagine that, to be able to
control yourself in that way in
		
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			the midst of a battle, and your
life is on the line into withhold.
		
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			This is a clear proof that these
were people of self control. These
		
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			were people who, as our Prophet
taught us, is that in this type of
		
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			situation, is that their
intentions were only for the word
		
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			or of Allah to remain supreme.
They were not finding a vengeance,
		
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			they were not fighting for that
anything worldly. Their intention
		
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			was for the sake of Allah to
Allah. And what do we take from
		
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			that, when we are doing the jihad
in the way that is appropriate to
		
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			us, that is in relation to our own
selves and in bettering our
		
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			societies and contributing to our
societies, that that is our
		
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			intention, we do it solely for the
sake of our Lord subhanho wa
		
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			taala. And so is that when he
heard the Prophet say this, and
		
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			this is what Prophets do is that
they have access to knowledge that
		
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			we don't have access to, and that
he affirmed that where he would be
		
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			would be in paradise, where he to
be sincere, and fighting for Allah
		
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			sake, is that he through the days
from his hand, and even though he
		
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			could have very easily How long
would have taken the dates, as it
		
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			he threw the dates that to the
side, and then that he that fought
		
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			for the sake of Allah to add until
he was killed. And there is a
		
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			similar story in this took place
in the battle or hood, there is a
		
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			similar story in the Battle of
better that we also know about in
		
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			the aroma talk about this, that
some have said it was the same
		
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			person. But then many of the
commentators on Hadees say that it
		
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			was actually two different people,
this first person even though they
		
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			have similar names, and this is
part of the confusion. So the
		
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			first one who was in the Battle of
betta his name was Ahmed have been
		
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			her man was the second one closely
to this closely with a very
		
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			similar name, or maybe even in her
mom. And that was in the Battle of
		
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			better, where the Prophet SAW
license said to them, that stand
		
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			up to a paradise the breath of
which is that of the heavens in
		
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			the earth. And then he said that
all Messenger of Allah, the breath
		
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			of Paradise is that of the heavens
in the earth? And the Prophet
		
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			said, Yes. And he said button
button. And then the Prophet said,
		
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			Why did you say this button
button, which is a phrase that you
		
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			saying, it's a type of expression
of praise of the greatness of that
		
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			that matter at hand? And then he
said, is that oh, that messenger
		
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			of Allah, I only said that,
because I desired to be from those
		
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			people. And then the Prophet gave
him God tiny said, You're from
		
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			those people.
		
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			And then he said that, at that
moment, he had dates in his hand,
		
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			and he put them aside. And then he
said, that were I to live long
		
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			enough to eat these dates, is that
that would be a long life. The
		
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			Prophet just gave him good times
that he's run the people of
		
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			paradise. So he put the dates to
the side, and then he went to the
		
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			battle, and he was murdered, for
the sake of Allah Jalla Jalla
		
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			Allah. And we know that these true
martyrs, the true martyrs, not
		
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			those that think they're
murderers. And that just in this
		
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			regard, I remember clearly hearing
one of my teachers say, is that
		
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			reminding us of the hadith of our
Prophet sallallahu sallam, where
		
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			there are people that think, in
their warped understanding of
		
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			jihad, that they're somehow doing
some type of good. And they might
		
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			think that they're seeking
Paradise, he says, but it's likely
		
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			that it's going to take them to
the opposite abode, because they
		
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			have not taken heed to the words
of the Prophet. So some men
		
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			khatola more I hadn't lamb era. Or
I heard tell Jana, whoever killed
		
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			someone that the Muslims have a
treaty with will not smell the
		
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			scent of paradise. It's very
serious. People think that they're
		
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			doing something that's going to
take them to Paradise, but it
		
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			could do the opposite. That's
Allah to Allah. s&m would Apphia
		
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			the true martyrs, as they are
alive in the presence of their
		
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			Lord, as Allah tells us, what to
cool him and Yocto Luffy is really
		
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			learning and watching but that can
lead to show don't do not say, for
		
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			those that died in the path of
Allah that they are dead, rather
		
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			there are alive but you do not
realize it. And another verse,
		
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			what attacks a Mandela you know,
Cthulhu VCB rely on water. Do not
		
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			consider those that died in the
path of a law that they are dead,
		
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			but do not have been years upon.
Rather they are alive in the
		
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			presence of their Lord, receiving
provision. So may Allah Allah give
		
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			us a correct understanding. And to
that allow us to be inspired by
		
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			these blessings, stories of the
companions who sacrificed
		
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			everything and that
		
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			willingness to sacrifice, combined
with correct knowledge and taking
		
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			from true inheritors of the
Prophet sallallahu sallam. When
		
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			those two things combined are
three things combined, Allah is
		
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			that there are immense results.
But we have to make sure that the
		
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			people we are taking knowledge
from are the true inheritors of
		
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			the Prophet Salah license, we
should read in detail, the
		
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			description of Rasulullah, Salah
lice, and we should read about his
		
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			characteristics, and then know who
the true inheritors of the Prophet
		
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			are, and then we should learn from
them. And we should learn how to
		
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			purify our heart from them. And we
should learn how to also
		
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			understand knowledge, and we
should learn about what knowledge
		
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			is authentic, and what perspective
it is, we should have it we should
		
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			learn about their methodology, and
we should embody it and we should
		
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			live it in then that we should
strive and struggle in our
		
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			societies to bring about good we
are people of Sun is that we are
		
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			not people of destruction. We are
people of our sun. We were people
		
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			that want to build, we are people
that want to give back. We are
		
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			people of service, and we are
people of good character. Even
		
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			when people that want to wage war
against us. We don't want to wage
		
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			war against anyone. And that our
Prophet sallallahu Sallam told us
		
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			last night at the man note your
call I do do not wish to meet your
		
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			enemy for either locatable
festival two. But if you meet your
		
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			enemy, remain steadfast as that we
are not a war hungry people. We do
		
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			not want a clash of civilizations.
That On the contrary, is that we
		
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			want there to be coexistence and
that we want to benefit from other
		
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			people in humanity and mutually
complete one another imperfect one
		
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			another. This is the Quranic
vision. And unfortunately, is that
		
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			on both sides is that you have
some people that are really
		
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			pushing for only things that
really people that are influenced
		
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			by ship on in demons want is that
people in the right mind need to
		
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			come together on both sides and to
realize that in light of this
		
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			madness and chaos, we need people
of reason. And people that are
		
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			hanging on to the remnants of that
early Prophetic teachings and
		
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			Muslims need to go back to the
sunnah of our Prophet sallallahu
		
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			sallam, and to recognize the
danger of the time which we live
		
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			in to do the right thing and to be
vocal about these other tendencies
		
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			that are causing destruction in
the world, especially from within
		
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			their own ranks. May Allah data
protect us and preserve us and
		
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			bless us all with a clear and
unadulterated perspective of this
		
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			Dean to take from these great
inheritors in insha. Allah live up
		
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			to their methodology that they
spent so many years developing in
		
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			living and then has come to us
that in this very clear cut way,
		
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			my lot to add to give us Tofik.
		
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			SMIL
		
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			Smilla Rahmanir Rahim Al hamdu
Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa sallahu
		
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			Allah so you didn't know Muhammad
Ali. He was over. He was salam in
		
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			knowledge and wisdom, but Imam
Abdullah Ali and her dad, may
		
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			Allah preserve him and benefit us
through him.
		
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			Chapter 32 Cuban company with the
virtuous
		
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			it is desirable and recommended to
associate keep company and mix
		
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			with those people of religion and
goodness, who are the scholars who
		
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			practice what they know, and the
virtuous servants of God. This has
		
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			many benefits, both immediate and
defer. And there are numerous
		
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			ideas and other traditions
detailing them. However, people
		
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			who desire and eagerly seek seek
such things differ greatly in
		
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			their aims, the first and highest
so he's going to mention to us
		
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			three different degrees of people
that take the company of the
		
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			righteous. So he first starts
about that framing what is he's
		
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			going to discuss, so this is
titled keeping company with the
		
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			virtuous and the first word that
he uses is swearing.
		
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			And that slaughter bar is to take
the companionship of someone, but
		
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			he uses other words here. He also
uses the word Mahabharata, which
		
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			is to mix with Mujaddid Assa,
which is to sit with in a certain
		
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			to a certain degree that those
words are also included in the
		
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			word sorry, but but
		
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			perhaps you wanted to emphasize
		
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			that these different dimensions
and Sahaba is very, very
		
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			important. All of the great people
from the time of the Prophet
		
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			satellite, send him until now the
		
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			Their secret was their sarpa. And
it's actually not even a secret.
		
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			This is the way things work, when
you are with good people, is that
		
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			you have the potential thing to
turn out to be good. As all of the
		
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			great real Amma became great
Reanima from the enema they took
		
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			from all of the righteous became
righteous from the people that
		
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			they took from. It really is that
simple. Nothing is more important
		
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			for us than to create environments
whereby which the true people have
		
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			a lot of people have knowledge and
people of piety can be raised. And
		
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			can that grow in the environment
and to give back to those
		
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			societies? Nothing is more
important than that. That books
		
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			Yes, is that they might help a
little bit but not without the
		
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			living links of the deen nothing
is more important, were we to
		
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			understand our priorities here in
the United States of America, then
		
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			to be means for the arisal of
these types of people. Because
		
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			everybody needs this. We all need
Zorba. We need good companionship
		
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			we need to mix with the right
people. We need to sit with the
		
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			right people. We need to have
people that we can ask questions
		
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			to and that get good answers from
that give us good religious
		
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			guidance that is relevant to our
lives and will help us and our day
		
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			to day and help us to live this
Deen. And so that who are these
		
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			people, is that he says Allah
Dean, the people of deen the real
		
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			people who have really implemented
this religion were added here, the
		
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			people of good and who are they?
These are the element Emmeline,
		
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			the scholars who have put their
knowledge into practice, meaning
		
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			they're not just people that have
theoretical knowledge, they live
		
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			up to what it is that they know.
And the bad law suddenly, the
		
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			righteous servants of Allah, the
solid pain, the pious, these
		
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			people we want to do is we want to
interact with him on a regular
		
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			basis. And so that he's actually
presenting this as a given, it is
		
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			desirable and recommended maboob
and Moraga via its design
		
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			recommended to associate keep
company in mixed with those people
		
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			of religion in goodness, who are
the scholars who practice what
		
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			they know and the virtuous
servants of Allah.
		
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			So we know that, but we should
think in terms of our own selves,
		
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			to what degree Am I in the
presence of good people? And
		
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			secondly, to what degree Am I
taking part in an endeavor? If it
		
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			was, it is believed what was just
said that this is the most
		
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			important thing that will lead to
these type of people being around?
		
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			What can we do? We have to take
this very seriously and think
		
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			about this very carefully. And so
he says, this is benefits both
		
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			immediate and deferred as Sheila
well as Sheila immediate and
		
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			deferred.
		
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			And there are numerous Hadith and
other traditions detailing them.
		
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			So that there's a lot that could
be said that about that in great
		
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			detail. But his focus here is
something different is that he's
		
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			assuming now that this is
something that people want. And
		
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			now he's going to talk about the
three different degrees of people
		
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			in relation to those who are
actually actively with these type
		
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			of people. So the context of this
section is not what can we do to
		
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			create these type of people? The
context is okay, this is an
		
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			assumption that it's so clear in
our deen that this is needed, and
		
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			that any religious person or
someone that's taking their Deen,
		
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			seriously is this is what they
would do. He's giving us now what
		
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			are the three different levels.
And what this helps us with is to
		
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			really know where we're at. And
that it does help us as well that
		
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			if we are not with good people, we
need to do our best to be around
		
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			the best type of people available
to us. And if we do our best, then
		
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			even if the ideal people are not
with us, then through the blessing
		
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			of the intention, Allah to Allah
will give us by us striving to be
		
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			around the best people possible in
our locale in that our particular
		
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			situation that we are in, even if
that there are not as virtuous as
		
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			some of the other people that we'd
like to be with, from the blessing
		
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			of the intention. So it's
important for us to know what it
		
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			is that we should attend. And then
secondly, we look at our own
		
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			selves and to see where we're at
in relation to those intentions
		
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			and that we strive to move to the
next degree. Even if we find
		
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			are self fighting with us? Like,
no, I really don't want to be like
		
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			that, because then I got to do all
of that. Okay, just give yourself
		
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			a little bit of time and come back
to it, your knifes, you can't hit
		
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			it head on all the time, you
can't, it's it really is like a
		
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			wrestling match. And that you
can't go all out. Because you'll
		
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			just tire yourself out in the
first 30 seconds. So the first
		
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			minute, you got to pace yourself,
and then you got to wait to your
		
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			own knifes as vulnerable, and then
you got to get it and then you
		
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			catch your enough slipping and you
get in a particular hold or
		
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			something and then it gets out and
then it switches up on you. And
		
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			then you have to get out and then
you have to get back at it. And it
		
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			goes back and forth. This is the
way it is. So what are the three
		
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			degrees However, people who desire
and eagerly seek such things
		
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			differ greatly in their aims.
		
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			The first and highest aim and
keeping company and associate
		
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			associated with such people is to
study their sciences, learn their
		
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			courtesy, and observe the good
character, praiseworthy qualities,
		
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			good works and speech so as to
emulate them and drive oneself
		
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			single mindedly toward acquiring
their good character and engaging
		
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			in their good works. One should
associate with them, for these
		
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			reasons to the exclusion of all
others, this is the highest of all
		
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			you are associating with them so
that you can be like them.
		
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			With the knowledge that they have
you want to learn is that the
		
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			etiquette that they have, the
other that they have is that you
		
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			want to learn that at the o'clock
that they have the character that
		
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			they have, you want to learn that
the traits that they had the see
		
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			that you want to learn those the
righteous deeds that they do the
		
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			virtuous things that they say, you
want to follow them in that that
		
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			is your goal. And it reminds me of
a story of a one of the young
		
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			scholars during the time of hunger
I did have she is that he was
		
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			exerting himself in worship. And
in learning to the extent that his
		
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			mom started to worry about him.
Because he was just exerting
		
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			himself so much. And she goes to
have your ID timesheet, and she
		
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			explains that she's worried about
her son, and he's doing too much
		
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			and working too hard. So have you
I did have she comes. And he
		
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			speaks to the young man. And he
says, you know, just take things
		
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			easy. You know, don't worry, do
your best Sharla you have
		
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			ancestors will intercede for you
and just to kind of calm him down.
		
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			And he looks at Have you added
helps you. And he said that I read
		
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			that some of our ancestors are
going to have banners on the day
		
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			of judgment. And they will be a
means through their intercession
		
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			for that people to enter into
paradise. He said that I don't
		
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			want to just suffice myself with
being under someone else's banner.
		
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			He said, I want to have a banner
myself. So I can be a means for
		
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			people to get into paradise. And
then have your idea to have you
		
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			looked at me said if that's your
intention, he said, then just keep
		
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			doing what it is that you're
doing. Meaning that he thought by
		
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			that mentioning that to him that
okay, he would calm down until you
		
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			know, that cut back on certain
things. But there's some people
		
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			that are like that. And then
there's some people that they
		
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			think that they're like that, and
they're really not those people
		
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			should take it easy and be
balanced. But the sign that
		
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			someone is like that is that they
are doing that. And they're like
		
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			that in house, they're not waiting
for anyone.
		
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			And that there's a lot of people
that will come up to you and say,
		
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			I want to study I want to do this
or I want to do that a lot of
		
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			people.
		
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			And the sign that someone really
wants to study is that in the
		
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			moment in the situation that
they're in then in their they
		
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			study is they work hard. They
maximize their local resources.
		
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			They're not waiting for some that
utopian opportunity that they're
		
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			going to go overseas or whatever
to be in a certain environment.
		
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			They start now and that this is
their preoccupation. And they
		
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			might even be slightly antisocial
and you find them constantly
		
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			reading and doing things that
other people don't do.
		
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			And a lot of that mean if you look
at the stories of uma Minogue.
		
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			They actually mentioned when he
was young
		
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			that he was a type of child that
was rejected by the other children
		
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			he never used to play with the
children in his neighborhood. And
		
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			one of the scholars noticed this
is that he was kind of left out
		
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			from the other children because he
was so different. But that's what
		
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			Allah wanted for him. He was
destined to become a mama no way.
		
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			He was different and that they
		
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			He used to mention that the
stories for those that knew our
		
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			teacher from the earliest times is
that he didn't used to do what
		
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			other children did. And he'd be
sometimes coming home from school
		
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			in the morning, and he would let
go a different direction, so that
		
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			he wasn't preoccupied with in
plain with some of the games that
		
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			other children were playing. And
it doesn't mean that those things
		
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			are okay for children, they're
okay. But there are some times
		
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			some people that are different.
And that there will always be
		
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			people that think those people are
strange. And there might even be
		
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			family members that make you feel
guilty about it, like what's wrong
		
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			with you, right? You know, he's
got to fit in, he's got to know
		
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			the world. And that if that child
really is one of those exceptions,
		
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			you you're going to be tested all
throughout your life, but you have
		
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			to stand strong. And you have to
do what you can to preserve them
		
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			so that a lot of adequate data
will then that give them the gifts
		
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			that they could potentially
receive. And this is very, very
		
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			important, and then is that all of
the other principles remain for
		
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			that the normal situations with
that normal people. And it is
		
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			important, though, that we
recognize that not everyone is the
		
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			same and that.
		
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			Unfortunately, people are the most
difficult thing. People are one of
		
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			the biggest obstacles in the
spiritual path. Mahala can nurse
		
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			alumnus, the scholars of this time
science used to say, as the only
		
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			thing that is destroyed people are
other people. And obviously, that
		
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			we let other people destroy us, we
actually lend ear to what other
		
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			people say is that we placed too
much focus on what they think
		
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			about us.
		
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			And that, again, always have to
remember, if you are trying to be
		
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			a religious person, especially in
this time, you're going to be a
		
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			stranger. People are going to
think you're weird. People are
		
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			gonna wonder why it is that you do
what you do. People are gonna
		
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			think something's wrong with you.
		
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			And we have to reach the point
where that we find solace in doing
		
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			what Allah has commanded us to do.
And wherever we are, when it's
		
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			time to pray, whether we're at
work, whether we're in public,
		
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			whether we are on an airplane, or
in an airport, in a parking lot.
		
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			If it's time to pray, we stand and
pray for a larger the gelato.
		
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			And you never know. But I do know
that if we waver and we're always
		
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			worried about people think not
only will you harm your own Dean,
		
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			you won't affect other people.
		
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			And I know people that have become
Muslim, just by seeing other
		
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			people pray. I've had someone tell
me that just by them seeing
		
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			someone else pray like, Oh, my
God, they have something. I want
		
00:28:00 --> 00:28:01
			to be like that.
		
00:28:02 --> 00:28:05
			And we have to remember this is
that, you know, this is this is,
		
00:28:06 --> 00:28:09
			you know, the greatest thing that
we can do is just being Muslim.
		
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			And for those that it's written
for them to enter into this Deen
		
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			will enter into this Deen. That's
not in our hands. But if we don't
		
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			do what is it we're supposed to do
and hope that there's a result.
		
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			That makes no sense whatsoever.
And you'd be surprised how much we
		
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			can benefit others just by being
who we are. I was over the weekend
		
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			with one of the teachers. And she
was mentioning to us the story for
		
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			conversion. And she was with a
group of people that were on
		
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			official trip to Morocco, and
Senegal. And the first night that
		
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			she spent the night in a hotel in
Morocco.
		
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			She heard the alarm go off Fajr
time.
		
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			And she was sitting at the edge of
her bed and just struck her. What
		
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			is that? He was very loud. And so
on one hand, she was a little bit
		
00:29:02 --> 00:29:06
			frightened, like something must be
wrong, like the way we hear like a
		
00:29:06 --> 00:29:10
			siren go off like in case of
emergency. But on another hand,
		
00:29:10 --> 00:29:15
			there was something about that
sound that just struck her deep
		
00:29:15 --> 00:29:16
			within.
		
00:29:17 --> 00:29:17
			And
		
00:29:19 --> 00:29:23
			it turns out, she eventually
became Muslim and took a Shahada.
		
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			But it turns out that her mother
told her much. Her mother told her
		
00:29:29 --> 00:29:34
			later after she converted, she
says Dr. Majid ditty.
		
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			So then who is Dr. Majid Diddy
when she was born, that the men
		
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			who delivered her was a Muslim
doctor. And he asked her mother,
		
00:29:45 --> 00:29:50
			if he could, you know, say
something, say a prayer for her. I
		
00:29:50 --> 00:29:54
			don't know exactly what he said.
But right. I don't know what he's
		
00:29:54 --> 00:29:57
			told the mother but he said
something she said sure. So he
		
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			called the Alon in her right ear
and the
		
00:30:00 --> 00:30:01
			A common her left here.
		
00:30:04 --> 00:30:08
			And subhanAllah years later, she's
in Morocco. And that just struck
		
00:30:08 --> 00:30:12
			her. And that was the moment where
she then sometime after that
		
00:30:13 --> 00:30:13
			became Muslim.
		
00:30:15 --> 00:30:18
			And it's like, amazing
SubhanAllah. And she went on to
		
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			explain that she went to the
house, and she was later on in
		
00:30:21 --> 00:30:24
			Senegal, and she went to the house
of someone, and the men were
		
00:30:24 --> 00:30:25
			separated from the women.
		
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			And whereas a lot of you might
think, like, Oh, God, they're
		
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			gonna think we're weird if we do
this, and so forth, and that she
		
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			just didn't know, because she had
had some of the interactions with
		
00:30:36 --> 00:30:40
			the men in the house. And like,
you know, they then explained it
		
00:30:40 --> 00:30:45
			to her, that, you know, the person
that spoke to her said, like, our
		
00:30:45 --> 00:30:48
			women are very precious, this is a
very public gathering. Some of
		
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			these people we don't deem it to
be appropriate to be around that
		
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			are that women, so the women are
separate out of love and respect
		
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			for them.
		
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			And that she said that, like that
made her want to be like those
		
00:31:03 --> 00:31:03
			women.
		
00:31:04 --> 00:31:09
			Right, when she learned about the
wisdom behind the hijab, that made
		
00:31:09 --> 00:31:14
			her want to be like, those women
wearing hijab. And, you know,
		
00:31:14 --> 00:31:17
			subhanAllah, yes, someone could
have the exact opposite happened
		
00:31:17 --> 00:31:22
			to them. But that's not in our
hands. We do it is that we're
		
00:31:22 --> 00:31:25
			supposed to do and those that it's
decreed that they'll be touched
		
00:31:25 --> 00:31:29
			will be touched, we don't need to
change anything. We just need to
		
00:31:29 --> 00:31:34
			remain firm upon rd, and help
everyone there are some Muslims
		
00:31:34 --> 00:31:37
			that need help, and we all need
help. And then there are people
		
00:31:37 --> 00:31:41
			that are beyond that, the appeal
of Assam that also need help.
		
00:31:41 --> 00:31:45
			We're here to help everyone and
uplift everyone. But anyhow, that
		
00:31:46 --> 00:31:50
			really what this is about is
maintaining our principles, and
		
00:31:50 --> 00:31:55
			these type of people, that when we
are around the rightly guided
		
00:31:55 --> 00:31:58
			scholars with the righteous and
the pious, this should be our
		
00:31:58 --> 00:32:03
			number one intention. We want to
be like them. And let's not fool
		
00:32:03 --> 00:32:07
			ourselves. That doesn't happen
overnight. Sometimes you think
		
00:32:07 --> 00:32:11
			because you're with them that
you're from them? No. Just because
		
00:32:11 --> 00:32:14
			you can quote their poetry. Just
because you understand the
		
00:32:14 --> 00:32:18
			meanings of their poetry doesn't
mean that you're from them is that
		
00:32:18 --> 00:32:23
			this requires hard work. These are
people that have rolled up their
		
00:32:23 --> 00:32:28
			sleeves, and have done jihad,
enough's. These are people that
		
00:32:29 --> 00:32:30
			take that seriously,
		
00:32:31 --> 00:32:37
			and work on themselves. And we as
human beings, we admire
		
00:32:37 --> 00:32:38
			perfection.
		
00:32:40 --> 00:32:45
			Why is it that in all professional
sports, you admire the best people
		
00:32:45 --> 00:32:48
			in that sport, because they can do
what other people can't do.
		
00:32:49 --> 00:32:53
			And all of them, worked hard to
get there. Yes, they might have
		
00:32:53 --> 00:32:57
			had athletic ability, but they
worked hard to get that no
		
00:32:57 --> 00:33:03
			professional athlete has attained
that degree of greatness without
		
00:33:03 --> 00:33:07
			hard work. And thus we admire it,
because they can do it other
		
00:33:07 --> 00:33:11
			people can't do. So what then
about people that have mastered
		
00:33:11 --> 00:33:14
			the most important thing to
master, which is your own self?
		
00:33:15 --> 00:33:20
			How could that not be respected,
that they have put that work in,
		
00:33:21 --> 00:33:24
			day in and day out, day in and day
out, just like that athlete who
		
00:33:25 --> 00:33:29
			exercises daily watches their diet
is very careful about what they
		
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			do, and so forth and so on. Rest
food and all these other lifestyle
		
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			factors, they control it because
they want to master their
		
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			particular sport, or a craftsman
master in his particular craft.
		
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			How could you not then respect
those that have done this with
		
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			their own soul? Because this is
the greatest thing that we can do
		
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			is to master our own soul. So this
is the highest of all degrees and
		
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			then others keep their company.
		
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			Others keep their company out of
love for them because they prefer
		
00:34:01 --> 00:34:06
			God's religion over all else
established his ordinances occupy
		
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			themselves with his obedience, and
strive to draw nearer to him by
		
00:34:09 --> 00:34:12
			the acquisition of useful
knowledge and good character and
		
00:34:12 --> 00:34:16
			doing good works. They love them
for this and wish to associate
		
00:34:16 --> 00:34:20
			with them to try to emulate them
and drive their souls to imitate
		
00:34:20 --> 00:34:23
			their good works and acquire their
good character, but only as time
		
00:34:23 --> 00:34:27
			and circumstances permit. When
they miss some of those things.
		
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			They are sorry in wish they had
succeeded in doing them. Deed says
		
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			a man who is with a man is with
who he loves. Another says he who
		
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			emulates certain people becomes
one of them. So that's the second
		
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			degree.
		
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			They don't have as strong as an
intention. This is really what
		
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			he's getting at what is your
intention behind being with them
		
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			is that they still want to follow
them. They still want to emulate
		
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			them. They still want to do
abundant good, but it's not as
		
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			complete. They're not a
		
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			able to follow them in all of
their different states. So it's a
		
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			lesser degree, but still is that
in those things that they can't
		
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			follow them, they wish that they
could. But it's a lesser degree.
		
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			And again, these are categories.
Sometimes, you know, there's
		
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			obviously subcategories within
each of these categories. And
		
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			they're not completely static, and
people fluctuate between them, and
		
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			might be closer to one than the
other. But they're helpful
		
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			categories, because it helps us
that know what it is that we
		
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			should be attending, intending.
And if we're not somewhere, we at
		
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			least know that we should, and we
strive to work on it, it doesn't
		
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			mean that we fool ourselves again,
and think that, okay, I'm really
		
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			actually in this third category,
which is still good, all these
		
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			categories are good, that we can
just jump up and overnight be like
		
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			that first category, it takes
time, it takes time. And we have
		
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			to, we have to respect what has to
go into it. And when you see some
		
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			of your great teachers that are of
older age, that have mastered, the
		
00:36:03 --> 00:36:08
			sciences of the religion mastered,
that the internal dimension of the
		
00:36:08 --> 00:36:12
			religion in relation to their own
self, and are extremely advanced
		
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			in the spiritual path, is that we
have to be very careful and know
		
00:36:16 --> 00:36:21
			what it is that we need to follow
in when.
		
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			And that's a very important
knowledge that again, relates to
		
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			this idea that we speak about
regularly of
		
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			religious and spiritual maturity,
which oftentimes in our societies
		
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			becomes difficult because we don't
have all of the examples that we
		
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			need at the different levels. But
still, to this day, in many
		
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			traditional societies is
preserved. People know what they
		
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			need to do when and you have to be
patient, because it takes a
		
00:36:49 --> 00:36:51
			lifetime to really do this.
		
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			And still others associate.
		
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			Still others associated with them
to benefit from their bedika and
		
00:37:00 --> 00:37:04
			good prayers, but have neither the
intention nor the determination to
		
00:37:04 --> 00:37:08
			follow their example and emulate
their pattern. This is not devoid
		
00:37:08 --> 00:37:12
			of buttock and goodness and is
alluded to in the Hadith closely
		
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			which ends they are the people
whose companions never suffered
		
00:37:17 --> 00:37:21
			wretchedness. So they'll benefit
even if their intention and being
		
00:37:21 --> 00:37:24
			around those bustle peoples just
to get their back. I can't do what
		
00:37:24 --> 00:37:28
			they do. Not going to ever be like
them, but I want to be in their
		
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			company. And that look at that
blesseds statement coming from the
		
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			Hadith of the Rasul sighs
settlements in Sahih Muslim, they
		
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			are the people whose companions
never suffer wretchedness. And
		
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			that hormonal Comilla Yes, ca b
hingedly. So life
		
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			has never that ultimately ended up
in the wrong place, from the
		
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			blessing of them being around
them, and will quote the Hadith
		
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			and fool just to read it for the
baraka it's been translated on the
		
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			bottom of page 86 at the end. Now
liquidity says though,
		
00:38:07 --> 00:38:08
			go ahead.
		
00:38:09 --> 00:38:12
			This even applies to those who are
associated with them in order to
		
00:38:12 --> 00:38:15
			be protected through the good
fortune and baraka of their
		
00:38:15 --> 00:38:20
			company from the iniquitous and
aggressive among human and jinn
		
00:38:20 --> 00:38:20
			demons.
		
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			These will never be disappointed,
nor will the Buddha could be
		
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			withheld from them. Look at that.
Even people that have bad
		
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			intentions, even people that are
like shale thing, right? Is it
		
00:38:34 --> 00:38:35
			everyone benefits from them?
		
00:38:36 --> 00:38:38
			Everyone benefits from them.
		
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			And it might just be that they
just not as bad. It might just be
		
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			some of that is forgiven if
there's they will benefit in one
		
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			way or the other. And this is why
that one of the words that they
		
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			use for these people is like their
generosity is like NEDA is like
		
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			doo doo does not differentiate
which plant that it falls on. It
		
00:39:02 --> 00:39:05
			falls on everything. And these are
people that they say is that the
		
00:39:05 --> 00:39:10
			true people are like Earth,
whoever walks on them, they only
		
00:39:10 --> 00:39:16
			give goodness back. And this is
how they are even people that are
		
00:39:16 --> 00:39:22
			iniquitous, even people that have
issues that among the human engine
		
00:39:22 --> 00:39:26
			demons is that good will come
their way from them.
		
00:39:27 --> 00:39:31
			And tribulations are warded off
from them. And again it gets back
		
00:39:31 --> 00:39:35
			to the same conversation where
people to know the blessing of
		
00:39:35 --> 00:39:39
			having Muslims c'est la ilaha illa
Allah and establish the five daily
		
00:39:39 --> 00:39:44
			prayers and to avoid the Haram and
to observe the halal and to be
		
00:39:44 --> 00:39:48
			supplicating and to be having
gatherings of goodness and to be
		
00:39:48 --> 00:39:51
			sending Salawat upon the
prophesized. nemen to recite the
		
00:39:51 --> 00:39:55
			Quran to do items of the Quran,
these types of things. This helps
		
00:39:55 --> 00:39:59
			every buddy in the vicinity. They
will people that have no
		
00:40:00 --> 00:40:03
			idea why it happened. But it's the
means for them to get that job or
		
00:40:03 --> 00:40:06
			not to get in that car accident or
to be healed when they go to the
		
00:40:06 --> 00:40:11
			hospital or to that be relieved
when they're in financial. And I
		
00:40:11 --> 00:40:12
			have no idea.
		
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			And it's from those things. And
this is why that when we do this,
		
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			the more we do, this is the heart
and the backbone of what we need
		
00:40:24 --> 00:40:29
			to be doing here. gatherings of
goodness, and again, most people
		
00:40:29 --> 00:40:32
			will never see it. So it's just
something you have to believe in.
		
00:40:32 --> 00:40:38
			But this is why you need true that
great people have the religion to
		
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			let you know what's happening.
		
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			And then we believe them. I
believe them. I've heard you speak
		
00:40:46 --> 00:40:51
			extensively. And sometimes it's
from unveilings that they
		
00:40:51 --> 00:40:55
			witnessed firsthand and I believe
it, I believe it. No one's
		
00:40:55 --> 00:41:01
			claiming sincerity or anything
we're trying Jolo to be abundant
		
00:41:01 --> 00:41:05
			out of my fina, we're trying bus,
Inshallah, from the baraka of
		
00:41:05 --> 00:41:07
			coming together as a group
probably be about an Inshallah,
		
00:41:08 --> 00:41:12
			that's our hope, not anything that
we have, but in the Mercy of Allah
		
00:41:12 --> 00:41:17
			subhanho wa taala. So if all of
these people benefit,
		
00:41:18 --> 00:41:21
			then what about those that come
with an intention? What about
		
00:41:21 --> 00:41:25
			those that come with a strong
intention? What about those that
		
00:41:25 --> 00:41:28
			come to seek provision from the
gatherings that they're going to
		
00:41:28 --> 00:41:33
			go back and face life with its
different degrees
		
00:41:37 --> 00:41:41
			they will be withheld, however,
from those whose aim is to acquire
		
00:41:41 --> 00:41:45
			a reputation and reputation among
people for keeping such company,
		
00:41:46 --> 00:41:50
			hoping test to be able to attain
to prohibited and illicit things,
		
00:41:50 --> 00:41:54
			thinking wrongly that if people
knew them to associate them to
		
00:41:54 --> 00:41:57
			associate with them good and
virtuous, they will never suspect
		
00:41:57 --> 00:42:01
			them of illegal practices and
forbidden actions. It is not
		
00:42:01 --> 00:42:04
			impossible people have bad
intentions, okay. It is not
		
00:42:04 --> 00:42:08
			impossible for some who are
forsaken by God and the object of
		
00:42:08 --> 00:42:12
			his anger to harbor such aims. In
the chapter detailing the
		
00:42:12 --> 00:42:16
			different kinds of ostentation and
their goals. The proof of Islam
		
00:42:16 --> 00:42:20
			Rahim Allah says that some parade
their acts of obedience, so that
		
00:42:20 --> 00:42:24
			people may know about them, which
makes it impossible for them to
		
00:42:24 --> 00:42:25
			behave with depravity.
		
00:42:26 --> 00:42:30
			If this is possible, as concerns,
acts of obedience, it is equally
		
00:42:30 --> 00:42:34
			possible as concerns mixed with
the virtuous. The devil is a
		
00:42:34 --> 00:42:38
			manifest enemy, and he uses
numerous kinds of deceitful and
		
00:42:38 --> 00:42:42
			fraudulent shattered prisms, among
which are these, there are more
		
00:42:42 --> 00:42:47
			dangerous, reprehensible, evil and
harmful things still, we ask God
		
00:42:47 --> 00:42:51
			for wellbeing and protection, for
he is the best of protectors. So
		
00:42:51 --> 00:42:54
			for the blessing, I just want to
read this hadith in Sahih, Muslim
		
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			maybe a very good translation of
it. And usually we just hear parts
		
00:42:57 --> 00:43:01
			of it. So it's of great benefit to
have a translation of the whole
		
00:43:01 --> 00:43:06
			Hadith. The hadith runs as
follows. Allah has angels who
		
00:43:06 --> 00:43:11
			roamed the streets searching for
the people of remembrance, when
		
00:43:11 --> 00:43:15
			they find people engaged in the
remembrance of Allah, they call to
		
00:43:15 --> 00:43:20
			each other saying, come to your
task, and they spread their wings
		
00:43:20 --> 00:43:25
			around them as high as the
terrestrial heaven. Then the Lord
		
00:43:25 --> 00:43:29
			asked them, although he has more
knowledge than they, what are my
		
00:43:29 --> 00:43:35
			slave saying? And they reply,
they're extolling magnifying,
		
00:43:35 --> 00:43:40
			praising and glorifying You. Have
they seen me? Yes. And they say
		
00:43:40 --> 00:43:44
			no, by Allah, they have not seen
you. He then says How would it be
		
00:43:44 --> 00:43:48
			then had they seen me? Had they
seen you the angels replied, they
		
00:43:48 --> 00:43:52
			would have worshipped and
glorified you more intensely, in
		
00:43:52 --> 00:43:56
			extolled your even more
abundantly. He then asked, what
		
00:43:56 --> 00:43:59
			are they asking for? And they
reply, they're asking you for the
		
00:43:59 --> 00:44:04
			garden. He says, have they seen
it? And the answer no, by Allah,
		
00:44:04 --> 00:44:08
			they have not seen it. Oh, Lord,
what if they had seen it? He
		
00:44:08 --> 00:44:12
			asked, and they say, had they seen
it? They would have been more
		
00:44:12 --> 00:44:16
			intent on winning, it's more
ardent in asking for it, and they
		
00:44:16 --> 00:44:20
			would have yearned for it even
more intensely. He then asked,
		
00:44:20 --> 00:44:24
			What are they seeking protection
from? And they reply, they seek
		
00:44:24 --> 00:44:27
			protection from the fire. He says,
have they seen it in the answer?
		
00:44:27 --> 00:44:31
			No, by Allah they have not seen
it. He asked what if they had seen
		
00:44:31 --> 00:44:35
			it? Had they seen it? They reply,
they would have been even more
		
00:44:35 --> 00:44:40
			fearful and more determined to
flee from it. He then says, I call
		
00:44:40 --> 00:44:43
			you to witness that I have
forgiven them.
		
00:44:45 --> 00:44:49
			Allah is calling the angels to
witness these angels, that their
		
00:44:49 --> 00:44:55
			duty in their task is to roam the
streets and to search for the
		
00:44:55 --> 00:44:59
			people of remembrance. Allah as
angels that's their sole purpose.
		
00:45:00 --> 00:45:05
			And in gatherings where you feel a
sense of hadoar presence, where
		
00:45:05 --> 00:45:10
			you feel a sense of Polmont Nina
tranquility, in Sakina serenity,
		
00:45:11 --> 00:45:16
			it's likely due to the presence of
the blessings, angels that are
		
00:45:16 --> 00:45:21
			there in that gathering. Because
they're drawn in attracted to
		
00:45:22 --> 00:45:25
			large gatherings of light
gatherings of remembrance,
		
00:45:26 --> 00:45:31
			gatherings in which Allah and His
messenger are remembered. But it
		
00:45:31 --> 00:45:35
			doesn't end there. Had they seen
it, they replied, they would have
		
00:45:35 --> 00:45:38
			been even more people are more
determined to flee from he then
		
00:45:38 --> 00:45:41
			says, I call you to witness that
I've forgiven them.
		
00:45:42 --> 00:45:45
			In look, one of the angels then
says,
		
00:45:46 --> 00:45:50
			this is an angel, bringing this
Allah knows everything. But we
		
00:45:50 --> 00:45:57
			learned from this, oh Lord, so and
so is among them, a sinful
		
00:45:57 --> 00:46:01
			servant, who was just passing by
and join them.
		
00:46:03 --> 00:46:09
			And he declares Allah, in him to I
have forgiven. They are the people
		
00:46:09 --> 00:46:13
			whose companions never suffer
wretchedness.
		
00:46:15 --> 00:46:19
			Even if someone just comes, they
didn't have an intention, a sinful
		
00:46:19 --> 00:46:23
			servant. They're just there
without intention, just from the
		
00:46:23 --> 00:46:24
			blessing of being present.
		
00:46:27 --> 00:46:33
			And that's what we want to be like
an in relation to this, that a
		
00:46:33 --> 00:46:36
			another Hadith clarifies that
there's three types of people. And
		
00:46:36 --> 00:46:40
			we learned about this, that three
people came to a gathering one
		
00:46:40 --> 00:46:46
			person that turned away right
away, someone else is that thought
		
00:46:46 --> 00:46:50
			about it was about to walk away,
and then reluctantly set. And then
		
00:46:50 --> 00:46:52
			the third, immediately set.
		
00:46:53 --> 00:46:57
			And then each one was dealt with,
according to their intention, the
		
00:46:57 --> 00:46:58
			one that turned away, Allah turned
away from him.
		
00:47:00 --> 00:47:04
			And then the one that was
reluctant and then sat, is it
		
00:47:04 --> 00:47:05
			Allah forgave.
		
00:47:06 --> 00:47:10
			And then the one that stayed? Is
it, that is the one that is going
		
00:47:10 --> 00:47:16
			to receive that abundant gifts
from Allah Jalaja? In other words,
		
00:47:16 --> 00:47:21
			is that where's our intention? Are
we those type of people just turn
		
00:47:21 --> 00:47:21
			away?
		
00:47:22 --> 00:47:25
			Not from any specific gathering.
So don't think we're referring
		
00:47:25 --> 00:47:30
			about anything specific. But just
in general, are we the type of
		
00:47:30 --> 00:47:34
			person to turn away from good, are
we the type person that I don't
		
00:47:34 --> 00:47:40
			know, Yanni. I'm shy not to be
there. So I'm just going to sit
		
00:47:41 --> 00:47:45
			right in so that, that if we act
like that, then Allah to Allah
		
00:47:45 --> 00:47:49
			won't punish us, out of the
blessing of the shyness that
		
00:47:49 --> 00:47:51
			prevented us from going away.
		
00:47:53 --> 00:47:56
			But the third is the type of
person that we want to be we want
		
00:47:56 --> 00:48:00
			to that be from the people that
are in the gatherings of goodness,
		
00:48:00 --> 00:48:07
			love the gatherings of goodness,
and in most it best experience the
		
00:48:07 --> 00:48:11
			beauty of the gatherings of
goodness, and find intimacy in
		
00:48:11 --> 00:48:11
			them.
		
00:48:12 --> 00:48:17
			And that don't ever, ever, ever
want to be away from them, is it
		
00:48:17 --> 00:48:20
			we build our schedule around them.
		
00:48:22 --> 00:48:24
			And that we try to never ever miss
them.
		
00:48:26 --> 00:48:27
			And if we do that,
		
00:48:29 --> 00:48:34
			despite how deficient the people
are involved in the gathering,
		
00:48:34 --> 00:48:38
			this is about our relationship
with Allah Jalaja you life will
		
00:48:38 --> 00:48:42
			change. Allah will change your
life, he will transform your life,
		
00:48:42 --> 00:48:46
			he will facilitate things for you
that you thought that you were
		
00:48:46 --> 00:48:50
			searching by being absent, but
when you attended, all of a
		
00:48:50 --> 00:48:56
			sudden, it just starts to work
out. This is Munjal rub, this is
		
00:48:56 --> 00:49:00
			tested and people know that this
works. May Allah give us tofi
		
00:49:00 --> 00:49:03
			count up and to bless us to be
from that first category of
		
00:49:03 --> 00:49:08
			people. And in sha Allah that if
we fallen short, in that may Allah
		
00:49:08 --> 00:49:12
			to Allah bless us to slowly move
in the direction, where eventually
		
00:49:12 --> 00:49:15
			before we take our last breath, we
are from that great group. We'd
		
00:49:15 --> 00:49:18
			love to add to have mercy upon us
Yato but I'd imagine bless us and
		
00:49:18 --> 00:49:22
			all of our different affairs and
bless us at the level of all of
		
00:49:22 --> 00:49:26
			our intention. Bless us at the
level of all of the acts that we
		
00:49:26 --> 00:49:30
			do. May Allah to accept from us
and to be completely sincere and
		
00:49:30 --> 00:49:36
			to have sincerity permeate every
aspect of our being yada but I
		
00:49:36 --> 00:49:39
			mean, may we be able to place a
trust in our Lord's upon what Adam
		
00:49:39 --> 00:49:43
			he opened up the doors of goodness
to all of us and to facilitate for
		
00:49:43 --> 00:49:49
			us a bad, sincere worship of Him
for no other reason other than he
		
00:49:49 --> 00:49:52
			deserves to be worshipped so I
know what the other and that we
		
00:49:52 --> 00:49:55
			are as a bead. We are His servants
and he's commanded us to do so.
		
00:49:56 --> 00:49:58
			Well so a lot as a Mohammed
annoyed at you sabew Salam
		
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			hamdulillah
		
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			lie ahead