Yaser Birjas – Hijrah And The Trustworthy Companion

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The importance of theantedical journey for Islam is discussed, including the need for trustworthy individuals to navigate the spiritual and political environments of Islam. The importance of trustworthiness and loyalty in relationships is emphasized, along with the need for support and advice on how to overcome difficult experiences. The speaker emphasizes the importance of supporting individuals, particularly those in contact with the Prophet, to show their honor and show loyalty. The importance of being a companionship is also emphasized.

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			My dear brothers and sisters,
		
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			in the last few days we have in
		
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			this hijri year, the year 14/45,
		
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			we come in to close this blessed month
		
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			of Dhul Hijjah
		
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			into Al Muharram, 1 of the blessed months
		
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			as well of the year as the Prophet
		
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			mentioned. Brothers and sisters, as we come to
		
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			the end of a hijra year, we start
		
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			now talking about
		
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			commemorating 1 of the major events in the
		
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			history of the ummah,
		
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			a decisive
		
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			time, a decisive event
		
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			by which imam Umar al Khattab
		
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			he chose as 1 of the most significant
		
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			significant
		
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			events in the history of the Muslim Ummah
		
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			that he used it to mark the beginning
		
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			and the end of our calendar year.
		
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			He didn't use the revelation of the Quran,
		
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			he didn't use the barrel of Badr, or
		
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			the conquest of Mecca,
		
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			he chose strategically
		
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			Al Hijra
		
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			to show how significant that Hijra was and
		
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			the really the true meaning, the transformation
		
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			that happened in the history of Islam and
		
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			the Ummah when the prophet
		
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			and their companions, they moved from Makkah into
		
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			Madinah.
		
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			There are so many lessons
		
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			we can learn from the experience of the
		
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			hijrah, and I'm sure that many of us
		
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			already read about them and heard about them.
		
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			But 1 thing that strikes me, subhanallah, the
		
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			most, and we don't really speak too much
		
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			about it, is, on that journey
		
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			that we all take in our life, physically
		
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			or otherwise,
		
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			there is an element
		
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			of support that we all hope for to
		
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			have on such a very important journey in
		
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			our lives.
		
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			And that I mean by that is having
		
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			a trustworthy
		
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			companion,
		
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			someone that you can trust them with your
		
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			life,
		
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			to go with you through the repairels of
		
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			such a journey.
		
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			You see, when the Sahaba
		
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			they moved from Makkah to Madinah, that was
		
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			a physical journey.
		
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			They moved from Makkah to Madinah, they moved
		
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			themselves from 1 location to the other 1,
		
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			for the sake of Allah
		
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			But then, that wasn't it, that wasn't the
		
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			end of that journey. The whole purpose of
		
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			it is to separate themselves from a place
		
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			of darkness,
		
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			from a sinful lifestyle,
		
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			from a place where the someone besides Allah
		
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			has been worshiped to go to the purity
		
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			of faith, the safety of Iman, and the
		
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			ability to live by the by the commands
		
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			of Allah
		
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			That type of journey, that type of hijrah
		
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			never ends.
		
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			And each and every 1 of us, we're
		
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			supposed to be considering ourselves muhajir in that
		
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			sense.
		
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			We're supposed to be considering ourselves on a
		
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			constant journey to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. What
		
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			the ulama they quote as salikin,
		
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			like you are the seeker
		
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			on the path to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			That journey never comes to an end until
		
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			you meet your Lord Subhanahu wa ta'ala. The
		
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			prophet says in the hadith al Bukhar in
		
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			Muslim,
		
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			The true muhajir, the true immigrant is the
		
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			1
		
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			who migrates away
		
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			from that which Allah
		
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			forbidden,
		
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			which means those who lead a lifestyle only
		
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			pleasing to
		
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			Allah So every single day, you're in a
		
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			constant struggle
		
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			not to be pulled back again to that
		
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			location.
		
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			You want to stay away from it, that
		
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			hijrah, that spiritual hijrah to Allah
		
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			Brothers and sisters, when the Sahaba, they migrate
		
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			from Makkah to Madinah, it was a dangerous
		
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			time.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, nowadays we travel from Makkah to Madinah
		
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			in a couple of hours on a train.
		
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			4 or 5 hours, you take it by
		
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			bus,
		
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			and you fly even from Madinah to Makkah
		
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			to Madinah, and alhamdulillah,
		
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			nothing to worry about.
		
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			But back then, they used to spend about
		
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			a week or plus
		
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			on the road, in the middle of the
		
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			desert,
		
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			surrounded by all these hostile tribes that tried
		
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			to cut them off from that journey and
		
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			probably even to finish them.
		
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			They undertook that journey and they knew how
		
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			dangerous it was, but they still took every
		
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			possible effort and mean to make it happen.
		
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			Why? Because they believed in the purpose.
		
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			They understood the meaning of it. And my
		
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			dear brothers and sisters, that same understanding
		
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			still applies to us today in our time.
		
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			And I'm talking about our spiritual journey in
		
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			the times of fit and trials like ours.
		
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			Nowadays, everybody's looking how the future is how
		
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			the future is gonna look like.
		
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			We thought it was bad last year probably,
		
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			but now as we see how the presidential
		
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			race is happening, what's the future of the
		
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			community here and the world and so on,
		
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			Allah
		
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			knows what's going to happen. There are so
		
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			many fit and happening. Islam is under attack
		
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			like never before in our recent time probably.
		
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			Being a Muslim
		
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			is no longer something safe. You can't even
		
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			travel anymore, anywhere, whether in the country outside,
		
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			beside, you know, being conscious
		
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			of being of your iman and your Islam,
		
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			and especially our dear sisters who are visibly
		
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			Muslims with their hijabs.
		
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			And that's something very dangerous.
		
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			But we still we're going to take and
		
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			undertake that journey to Allah
		
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			So what do you need on that journey?
		
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			I need a trustworthy
		
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			person,
		
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			someone that I can take with me on
		
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			the road to Allah
		
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			Ask yourself, my dear brothers and sisters,
		
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			those you surround yourself with, the closest
		
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			friends of yours, the circle you are surrounding
		
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			yourself with, are they are the people you
		
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			trust with your iman, with your deen, to
		
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			lead you to the akhiratuljannah,
		
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			al Firdausul Allah with the prophet
		
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			Do I have at least 1 of these
		
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			individuals
		
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			that I can trust my imam with, so
		
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			I can take them on that journey with
		
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			me? See the prophet
		
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			he gave us that in a very symbolic
		
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			way.
		
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			When Rasulullah
		
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			he was he was given the order to
		
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			release the Muslims to go to Medina, they
		
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			were leaving
		
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			in groups and small numbers and individuals and
		
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			so on.
		
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			And Abu Bakr as Sadeer, his best friend,
		
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			came to him. Kalai Rasool Allah, I seek
		
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			permission to leave. And the prophet
		
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			says, just wait, you, Abu Bakr. Perhaps Allah
		
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			will assign you a companion to go with.
		
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			And Ubaka ras Siddiq kept coming, you Rasoolullah,
		
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			is it time? Can I leave now? He
		
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			says, no. Just wait. Maybe Allah will give
		
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			you a companion to go with. So he
		
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			got the idea. He was understood the hinting
		
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			to it. So
		
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			he didn't even ask the prophet
		
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			permission to prepare.
		
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			He started preparing on behalf of the prophet
		
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			So when the Prophet
		
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			arrived and he came to Abu Bakr and
		
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			said, Dear,
		
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			it's time.
		
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			So Abu Bakr says,
		
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			is that the companionship you're telling me about?
		
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			He says, it is. And he starts crying
		
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			and weeping
		
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			that Allah
		
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			chose him out of the whole
		
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			world and all the Muslims and the believers
		
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			to entrust him with the life and the
		
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			safety and the well-being of the messenger of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Like now, what a huge responsibility, Ajamal.
		
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			What an unbelievable responsibility to be the guardian
		
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			of the most important person walking on the
		
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			face of the earth.
		
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			The 1 who's carrying the divine message of
		
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			Allah into the world, you're entrusted
		
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			to be taking care of him on such
		
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			a very dangerous journey. That was Ubaka
		
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			And why would the prophet even accept that
		
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			or even call him for this? Because he
		
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			was a trustworthy person.
		
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			Do you have someone like this,
		
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			that you can say, I can trust this
		
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			brother, I can trust this sister with my
		
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			life, that I know they will never, never
		
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			betray me in terms of my iman and
		
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			my faith, they will always push me to
		
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			do better and take care of me and
		
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			protect my iman as much as they protect
		
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			theirs.
		
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			Do I have someone like this in my
		
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			life?
		
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			That's a question we keep asking ourselves, especially
		
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			as things get harder and harder and more
		
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			difficult,
		
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			that becomes more important,
		
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			because we get disoriented,
		
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			we get distracted,
		
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			we get scared sometimes, and we start wondering
		
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			and start questioning many things that once considered
		
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			for us stable things in our iman. But
		
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			you need someone who's always nudging you saying,
		
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			It's
		
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			okay. Let's go to the salah. Hey, it's
		
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			time to go and give dua. You know
		
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			what? We're not gonna actually just
		
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			stand down. We're gonna stand for the truth,
		
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			for justice. We're going to support this and
		
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			that.
		
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			Do we have these people around us? And
		
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			if you don't have them, maybe you should
		
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			look for someone like this. And if you
		
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			don't have that, probably maybe you are not
		
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			at that level yourself.
		
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			So I need to upgrade myself, upgrade my
		
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			iman, my interest in the deen and the
		
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			dawah, so I can attract people like this,
		
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			so we become partners in that You
		
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			see, Abu Bakr Sadiq
		
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			the prophet chose him for many reasons.
		
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			I'm going to share with you a few
		
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			things about Abu Bakr
		
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			The number 1 thing is that the Prophet
		
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			trusted him and he loved him.
		
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			Trusted him, that's the word, trust.
		
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			And how can you trust someone unless you've
		
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			experienced this individual
		
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			long enough to say, I don't even have
		
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			to question this individual's iman or this individual's
		
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			honesty and decency.
		
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			How many how many people around us that
		
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			we've been together for so long, but you
		
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			still maybe don't trust them?
		
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			And how many people you can trust in
		
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			your life? So, that trust comes from
		
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			the long companionship,
		
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			someone, when you go back with your memories,
		
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			and your memories with this individual, they were
		
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			all good, they were all higher.
		
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			How many people do you have in our
		
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			life that they can give us that level
		
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			of trust?
		
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			The second thing, Abu Bakr
		
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			was caring for his companion, for his friend,
		
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			without even asking.
		
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			Like we said, he used to do that
		
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			for the prophet
		
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			and he was preparing the 2 camels, preparing
		
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			the provision,
		
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			prepare even he even hired the guide and
		
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			hired
		
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			everything before even the prophet asked, because he
		
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			knew they're gonna need that, so he just,
		
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			okay, I'm gonna work for this on his
		
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			behalf. So he asked, we're ready for it.
		
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			How many of us really care about the
		
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			well-being of our brothers and sisters more than
		
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			we do to ourselves?
		
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			That's a very important thing with the companions
		
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			that we have around us.
		
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			The third thing, Abu Bakr as Siddiq
		
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			he knew the task, and it's gonna be
		
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			dangerous. He's willing to sacrifice himself for the
		
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			sake of
		
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			Allah for the friendship of Rasulullah
		
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			In the beginning, he put all his household
		
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			as well for the sake of protecting the
		
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			Prophet
		
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			his son bringing them the news, his daughter
		
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			bringing food and provision,
		
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			him being with the prophet in that cave
		
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			in the middle of nowhere,
		
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			just being with Rasulullah
		
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			And even when the mushrikeen, they came so
		
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			near to the opening of that cave, he
		
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			was worried.
		
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			But the prophet told him it's okay. What
		
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			do you think about us? Allah is with
		
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			us.
		
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			Don't be sad, Allah is with
		
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			us. Because he was so concerned
		
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			for his beloved
		
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			Rasulullah You know, 1 thing, subhanAllah, of the
		
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			story of Waqas Sadiq with the prophet
		
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			to show you how much he loved his
		
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			Messenger.
		
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			We don't pay attention to these words in
		
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			the hadith, but, wallahi, they mean a lot.
		
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			You see, as we were going on that
		
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			journey in the middle of the desert,
		
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			the prophet,
		
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			he
		
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			was he was thirsty.
		
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			So they stopped at a a tent where
		
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			there was
		
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			a shepherd and the lady over there. They
		
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			have some goats or camels.
		
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			So he said, so I went immediately
		
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			and I asked for milk. So they gave
		
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			us milk. I gave it to the prophet
		
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			He
		
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			because the prophet was wasalam was drinking, he
		
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			kept drinking
		
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			until I felt satisfied.
		
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			He didn't say until he was satisfied,
		
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			he said I was satisfied with his drinking,
		
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			like I was happy that he got enough,
		
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			alhamdulillah,
		
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			that makes me so satisfied
		
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			that
		
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			he's getting well.
		
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			Can you imagine that?
		
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			Like, can you imagine when you feed your
		
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			children, when you feed your spouse, and you
		
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			feel satisfied because they're enjoying the meal that
		
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			you're providing for them, alhamdulillah.
		
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			It's to that much love al Bakr as
		
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			Siddiq has for his friend, rasulullah, he sallallahu
		
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			alaihi sallam, that he prefers the prophet's satisfaction
		
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			and well-being over his.
		
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			That is a man who is considered trustworthy
		
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			on that journey.
		
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			He also what he did, he
		
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			continued
		
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			with the prophet
		
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			and taken care of him until he arrived
		
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			into the city, like he never left
		
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			him in the middle of that journey.
		
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			Never.
		
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			They stayed together until the end of it.
		
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			And when we arrived in Madinah, The people
		
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			were confused about who was Rasulullah and who
		
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			was Ubakr al Siddiq, and he was a
		
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			very smart man. He saw the people's confusion
		
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			in their eyes.
		
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			So what he did, he takes his cloak
		
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			from off his shoulder,
		
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			and he shaded the Prophet
		
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			He puts the shade over the Prophet
		
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			and that's when he saw the satisfaction in
		
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			the eyes and the smiles of the people
		
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			to recognize, oh, so that was Rasulullah
		
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			I mean, that tells you how close they
		
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			were,
		
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			that people who didn't know who they are,
		
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			they couldn't tell the difference between the Prophet
		
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			and his companion and his friend.
		
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			Imagine you become with someone like this
		
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			on the path to Allah
		
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			and you're always always on every single part
		
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			of the journey going there for the sake
		
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			of Allah, Azza wa Jal. Brothers and sisters,
		
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			now what did the Prophet give of aqrist
		
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			Siddiq in return to his trustworthiness
		
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			and his loyal companionship.
		
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			I mean, that's a reciprocal
		
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			relationship here. The Prophet
		
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			he never forgot that Ubaka R Sadiq
		
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			Number 1, he said, sallallahu alaihi wasallam, kalaqunumutakidun
		
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			khalilatakhat to Ababaqun khalilah. If I would take
		
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			anyone to be my best friend, my most
		
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			beloved friend, it would be Ubaka Sadiq, walakinnallallahu
		
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			taqaddani khalilah, but Allah
		
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			He chose me as his khalil, his beloved.
		
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			So I could not choose anybody over Allah
		
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			no matter what, even Abu Qasidir.
		
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			So he mentioned that publicly so people recognize
		
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			how valuable
		
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			the connection of Akrashi to Rasulullah
		
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			When the Prophet
		
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			he was ill in his last illness,
		
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			he kept calling the people, says,
		
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			Make Abu Bakr Siddiq lead the people in
		
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			salah.
		
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			And people are giving excuses, Ubaka
		
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			Sadiq, his voice is not strong, call Umar,
		
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			he says,
		
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			Let over cross the deep, lead the people
		
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			in salah.
		
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			Like, he's basically telling them, I'm choosing the
		
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			best for you. So he gave him the
		
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			honor to be the 1 who comes after
		
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			him, which of course was the hint the
		
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			prophet
		
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			the ummah about who should be your leader,
		
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			that I'm satisfied with this man to be
		
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			your leader, and he was
		
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			the profound leader after the Prophet
		
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			The Prophet
		
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			never forgot about the position of Bakr as
		
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			Siddiq and his service.
		
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			So when people, 1 time, they kind of
		
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			complained to the prophet about Abu Bakr as
		
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			Siddiq, he was very upset, like he said,
		
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			I'm not going to hear anything about Abu
		
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			Bakr as Siddiq.
		
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			No 1 dares to compare to me about
		
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			Abu Bakr. He proved himself already.
		
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			He sacrificed his life, his family, his wealth,
		
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			everything,
		
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			and he says, he was the 1 who
		
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			believed me when you guys first lie, he
		
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			said I was lying. Like, he never he
		
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			never had doubt in me,
		
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			When everybody else had a doubt and hesitant
		
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			before they gave their shahada,
		
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			Abu Bakr as Siddiq, the prophet comes to
		
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			him and says, you Abu Bakr, I got
		
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			a revelation from Allah Azzawajal, I'm the messenger
		
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			of Allah. He says, I believe you.
		
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			No question asked
		
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			because he knew how close he was with
		
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			his friend
		
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			And finally the prophet
		
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			honored his beloved
		
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			Abu Bakr Siddiq
		
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			by marrying his daughter Aisha
		
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			Can you imagine now? They're honored
		
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			to be from the household of Muhammad
		
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			All of this to show him the honor,
		
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			how close he was to this man and
		
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			how deserving of all the khair and the
		
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			barakah that was given in his name
		
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			My dear brothers and sisters,
		
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			I'm saying this because
		
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			Allah
		
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			knows what's going to happen in the future,
		
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			what's coming next, but
		
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			things are getting actually very difficult and the
		
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			fitna is becoming strong.
		
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			The attack against Islam and Muslims and singling
		
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			us out
		
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			almost everywhere you go in the world right
		
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			now,
		
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			you're gonna need that support. You might not
		
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			get the support of the whole ummah,
		
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			but if you have 1 individual
		
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			that you're always in contact with,
		
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			trust your iman with this individual, now that
		
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			is gold.
		
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			And if you don't have that individual,
		
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			I suggest that from today, you think about
		
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			your circle of friends.
		
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			If you're missing someone
		
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			of that type, maybe you should now try
		
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			to reconsider and look for these people who
		
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			will definitely be the best companions
		
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			My dear brothers and sisters, no matter how
		
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			hard our journey is as we now travel
		
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			on the path to Allah
		
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			I want you to
		
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			remember and never forget
		
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			the true hijrah that our brothers and sisters
		
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			in Gaza are going through and been going
		
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			through all these months.
		
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			From the north to the south,
		
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			from 1 station to the other 1, constant
		
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			hijra, you're seeing the people moving constantly from
		
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			1 place to the other, and the whole
		
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			world is watching.
		
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			If you think your journey is difficult,
		
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			if you think your journey is so hard
		
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			for you, just remember these brothers and sisters,
		
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			what they're going through right now.
		
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			If you think you need a companion,
		
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			imagine what they need from us.
		
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			Imagine what they need from us, more than
		
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			just a companion or companionship, but you know
		
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			what?
		
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			I feel Wallahi when I look at them
		
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			and I look at their stories, it's very
		
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			inspiring.
		
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			The way they support each other, the way
		
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			they protect each other, the way they care
		
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			for 1 another, they don't need our physical
		
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			companionship,
		
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			but they need your support.
		
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			They need for this injustice to come to
		
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			an end, that occupation to be over with.
		
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			We need that,
		
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			and that's the least we could think about
		
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			as we think about our journey, how no
		
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			matter how difficult that is, think about them,
		
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			and you will see that, alhamdulillah, no matter
		
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			what you're going through, it's still easy and
		
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			simple, and you can easily, alhamdulillah, overcome that.
		
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			But please, my dear brothers and sisters, do
		
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			not forget about our brothers and razza, rabbinic
		
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			Allah protecting you, oh man, you're Rahim.
		
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			We ask Allah
		
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			for their protection.
		
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			We ask Allah to protect our brother, sister
		
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			and Gazzah. We ask Allah
		
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			to be there for them, you're Abu Alamin.
		
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			We ask Allah to liberate their sufferings, bring
		
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			them peace and tranquility in their lives, You
		
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			Allah.
		
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			We ask
		
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			Allah to shield them from ani harm, You
		
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			Allah, You Rabbil Alamin. And to all the
		
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			most adaafin and those who are being taken
		
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			advantage of those who are being oppressed, You
		
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			Allah, we ask you to bring them justice,
		
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			You Allah.
		
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			Justice in this dunya before the akhirah. You
		
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			Allah, we ask you to provide us in
		
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			this dunya a command that will be trustworthy
		
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			to take us to you in general.
		
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			You Allah, we ask you to guide our
		
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			heart to that which is most
		
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			pleasing
		
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			to you.
		
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			Brothers and sisters, just move forward. Please fill
		
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			in all the gaps. Lord, brothers and sisters
		
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			standing in the hallway.
		
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			Brother, move toward your right side.
		
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			And then for the sister, move toward your
		
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			left side and child to create a space
		
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			for the others.
		
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			Brother in the hallway, please come inside.
		
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			Let's start with his face open up.
		
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			I have a just a quick request from
		
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			you, inshallah.
		
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			If I can have the the Ansar, poster
		
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			posted actually on the screen.
		
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			Brothers and sisters, as you can see, masha'Allah,
		
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			we are moving inshallah, with the construction and
		
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			the expansion. As you can see, alhamdulillah, the
		
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			place is always full no matter what salaw
		
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			we how many salawat we do, it's gonna
		
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			always continue to be full. But, in the
		
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			process, as we continue with the project and
		
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			the expansion, we want to fall short on
		
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			supporting our programs here and our community and
		
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			our message
		
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			So I'm requesting from you, whether you're a
		
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			resident of Valley Ranch area or the Irving
		
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			area, or coming as a guest over here,
		
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			if you see value, alhamdulillah,
		
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			in what you participate in and what you
		
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			attend,
		
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			why don't you become an Ansar? An Ansar
		
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			inshaAllah, that we have the Ansar club, which
		
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			are those brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah,
		
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			they put
		
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			their donation on autopay on a monthly basis
		
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			and they just kind of leave it there.
		
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			In Hadid al Sahih Muslim, the prophet
		
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			mentioned about the 7 people, or 7 categories
		
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			of people who enter Jannah, and that the
		
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			shayd of Ar Rahman will be no shayd
		
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			but his 1 of them, he says, a
		
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			person who gives in charity,
		
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			so much so that his left hand doesn't
		
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			know how much his right hand has given.
		
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			Put this in your autopay, a100 dollars, $50,
		
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			$25,
		
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			as much as you can, more or less,
		
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			insha Allahu Ta'ala,
		
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			and keep it going on your behalf, so
		
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			you don't have to even count how much
		
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			you give, how much khair, and every higher
		
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			that will come from this community, from the
		
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			programming here, from this facility, Insha Allahu Ta'ala,
		
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			you are a partner and you get your
		
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			share in the reward, and I ask Allah
		
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			subhanahu to make it heavy for you in
		
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			the scale in the dunya that will end
		
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			you in
		
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			So please consider to become,
		
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			VRC Ansar member, InshaAllah
		
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			You can look it up, scan the QR
		
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			code that you see on the screen, and
		
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			give generously, Barak Allah Khaykhum, zakkal lakher. And
		
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			if you see anybody who is wearing these
		
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			nice
		
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			green, olive green
		
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			shirts,
		
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			the QR code in the back, you can
		
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			also scan it. So, whether,
		
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			Salim is going to be walking around, inshaAllah,
		
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			just keep scanning his back and he'll be
		
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			fine, inshaAllah.
		
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			Do you have an appeal?
		
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			Oh.
		
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			Next,