Yaser Birjas – Tawakkul In The Most Vulnerable State Chased By The Enemy

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The story of Salallahu alayhi wa sallam's plan to go to Afghanistan, which involved hiding in the south and not going to the north, which was abandoned when the Prophet was left in the cave in the Northern desert. The importance of absolute certainty in the Prophet's beliefs is highlighted, as he was able to overcome fear of the arrival of the Prophet. The speaker also discusses the success of Salallahu alayhi wa sallam's plan to act as a security guard in Afghanistan, which involved hiding in the south and not going to the north.

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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
		
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			Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, wabarakah
		
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			nabiyyin wa muhammadin, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi
		
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			wa sallam, tasliman kathira thumma ma ba'd.
		
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			Do you guys still remember which chapter we're
		
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			reading from?
		
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			Which chapter are we reading from?
		
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			La ilaha illallah.
		
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			We've been doing this for the past few
		
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			weeks.
		
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			Which chapter is this?
		
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			Al-yaqeen wa al-tawakkul.
		
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			Certainty and reliance on Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala.
		
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			Hadith number 81, Imam al-Nawawi rahimahullah wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			He's bringing another hadith that shows us where
		
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			tawakkul is needed the most and how powerful
		
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			this tawakkul can be when you're in some
		
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			of the most vulnerable positions in your life.
		
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			And he's bringing an example from the seerah
		
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			of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		
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			Hadith al-Bakr al-Siddiq radiallahu anhu ma
		
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			qala, nazartu ila aqdami al-mushrikeena wa nahnu
		
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			filghari wa hum ala ru'usina.
		
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			Faqultu ya rasulallah, law anna ahadahum nazara tahta
		
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			qadamaihi la absarana.
		
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			Faqala ma dhanuk ya aba bakrin bithnayn, allahu
		
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			thalithuhumma.
		
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			In this hadith al-Bakr al-Siddiq, he's
		
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			telling the story when he was hiding with
		
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			the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam in the
		
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			cave of Thawr.
		
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			Do you guys know the cave of Thawr?
		
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			And the cave of Thawr has something to
		
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			do with which part of the seerah of
		
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			the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam?
		
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			Al-Hijrah.
		
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			So when the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam,
		
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			him and al-Bakr al-Siddiq, they decided
		
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			to flee Mecca to go to Medina, right?
		
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			Obviously the Meccans would not allow it.
		
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			So they put a prize on their heads.
		
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			And the whole Arabian Peninsula went in frenzy,
		
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			looking for them.
		
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			Because you're talking about a million dollars per
		
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			head.
		
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			They say 100 camels per person.
		
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			And if you can get them both, you
		
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			get 200 camels.
		
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			Back in those days, 100 camel like saying
		
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			a millionaire.
		
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			When someone has 100 camel, oh he's a
		
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			millionaire.
		
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			That's what it meant for them back in
		
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			the days.
		
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			So somebody from nothing to a million, a
		
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			millionaire, or from zero to 100 camel, that's
		
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			a big deal.
		
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			So they went in a frenzy looking for
		
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			al-Bakr al-Siddiq and Rasulallah salallahu alayhi
		
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			wa sallam.
		
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			Part of the brilliance of the plan of
		
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			the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam is when
		
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			they left Mecca, where did they go?
		
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			They go to the south.
		
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			And where's Medina, jama'a?
		
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			North.
		
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			Why did they go to the south?
		
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			Because the least expected.
		
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			That's the least expected.
		
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			People, they expect them to go to Medina,
		
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			so they're going to cut them off from
		
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			the north.
		
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			So the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam's plan
		
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			was to go down to the south and
		
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			hide over there in one of the most
		
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			unexpected places, of course, in the Arabian Peninsula.
		
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			I don't know how many of you have
		
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			been to the cave over there.
		
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			Anyone went to the cave, jama'a?
		
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			Not Hira'a, Thawr.
		
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			The cave of Thawr.
		
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			If you go to the cave of Thawr,
		
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			literally if you stand on the bottom of
		
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			the mountain and look up, you couldn't even
		
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			tell.
		
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			You cannot even see it.
		
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			Because it just blends in the whole rocky
		
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			mountain.
		
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			You can't even tell that it's a cave.
		
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			How these people figured it out?
		
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			Subhanallah, somehow from one story to another story,
		
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			rumors here and there, eventually they were able
		
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			to find their way to the cave.
		
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			So they went up that mountain and went
		
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			to the cave.
		
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			And that cave was a very small cave.
		
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			And by the way, just to let you
		
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			know, that cave, to get in there, it's
		
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			so tiny.
		
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			And if you're claustrophobic, you're probably going to
		
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			pass out on the way in.
		
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			Because it's so tiny.
		
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			And you have to kind of go from
		
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			underneath into the cave and the hole somewhere,
		
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			like a chamber somewhere in there.
		
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			So Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, he said, as
		
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			we were there, and they started hearing the
		
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			voices of the people of Mecca.
		
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			They heard the voices.
		
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			And they're coming closer and closer.
		
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			By the time they arrived at the cave,
		
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			they were kind of like asking themselves, is
		
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			that possible, could be here?
		
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			And subhanallah, somehow they said, no, let's get
		
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			out of here.
		
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			And they left.
		
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			Now Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, he was telling
		
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			us the story over here.
		
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			He said he was gasping for air.
		
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			He was just catching his breath.
		
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			He was so scared.
		
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			And then when they left, he turned to
		
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			the Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			If one of them just looked underneath their
		
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			feet, like if they just looked down there,
		
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			if they peeked down there, they would have
		
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			seen us.
		
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			Like they were almost there, they could have
		
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			seen us.
		
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			So he ﷺ said, What do you think
		
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			of the two with whom Allah is the
		
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			third?
		
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			Like, what are you talking about?
		
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			Allah is with us.
		
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			We have the company of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala in that cave.
		
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			Allah is watching.
		
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			Allah is protecting us.
		
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			Now, that statement comes, Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala even narrated the story for us in
		
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			the Qur'an.
		
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			He is telling his friend, It's okay.
		
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			Allah is with us.
		
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			Don't be sad.
		
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			Allah is with us.
		
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			He said to him.
		
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			So that's Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
		
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			telling us the level of confidence the Prophet
		
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			ﷺ has in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Now obviously, you know, we say, Look, I
		
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			mean, he is the messenger of Allah.
		
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			He went to al-Isra wa l-Mi
		
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			'raj and he has seen many things.
		
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			Of course, the certainty is way above there.
		
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			So there is no comparison.
		
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			But that's the thing.
		
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			That's the thing.
		
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			His level of confidence, it doesn't come from
		
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			just assumptions.
		
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			That's why when the Sahaba, they saw the
		
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			Prophet ﷺ and how confident he is, how
		
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			much certain he is, they couldn't believe that
		
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			certainty is nothing.
		
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			It couldn't be a certainty of someone who
		
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			is lying.
		
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			That level of reliance, that level of confidence,
		
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			it comes from absolute certainty, which means he
		
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			truly believes in what he is preaching, which
		
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			means he is absolutely certain about it.
		
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			He has seen something.
		
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			That's why they believed in him ﷺ.
		
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			Even as they were going through the trip
		
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			towards Mecca, to Medina.
		
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			And as they were going there, and they've
		
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			been chased after by the Arab, of Bakr
		
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			as-Siddiq, he was so scared for the
		
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			Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			So as the Prophet ﷺ would be moving
		
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			ahead, he would sometimes go from in front
		
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			of him.
		
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			And then he brings his camel behind the
		
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			Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			And then he goes to the right side,
		
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			from the left side.
		
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			Like he keeps circling around the Prophet ﷺ,
		
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			fearing that the attack might come from one
		
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			of those corners.
		
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			So he keeps going around to protect the
		
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			Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			And he said the Prophet ﷺ would be
		
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			riding the back of the camel and he'd
		
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			be reciting the Qur'an.
		
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			Just make him recite the Qur'an.
		
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			That level of confidence.
		
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			He is looking for that connection with Allah
		
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			ﷻ to give him that peace and tranquility.
		
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			Why is that?
		
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			Because Allah ﷻ says, الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَطْمَئِنُوا قُلُوبُهُمْ
		
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			بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُوا الْقُلُوبُ Those
		
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			who have faith and their hearts find peace
		
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			and tranquility through the remembrance of Allah ﷻ
		
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			because indeed through the remembrance of Allah ﷻ
		
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			the heart will find peace and tranquility.
		
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			I don't know about you guys but maybe
		
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			some people right now they're trying to avoid
		
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			watching the news because we don't know which
		
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			one is going to be the loser.
		
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			Alright?
		
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			And as a result what's going to happen
		
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			to the ummah and the people?
		
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			Everybody is just kind of like worried.
		
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			Rest assured.
		
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			They are not in control.
		
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			They are not in control no matter how
		
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			much they think they are.
		
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			Who's in control of the ummah?
		
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			Allah ﷻ.
		
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			No matter how much power they think they
		
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			possess in their hands who's in control of
		
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			the ummah?
		
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			I hope you have that absolute confidence and
		
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			absolute yaqeen and certainty in your heart that
		
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			it is indeed Allah ﷻ.
		
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			Just like the Prophet ﷺ he showed that
		
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			yaqeen and reliance on Allah ﷻ.
		
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			So like imagine in the most vulnerable moment
		
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			when you feel that you're going to be
		
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			attacked by the enemy and you're having no
		
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			escape.
		
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			You're in a cave.
		
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			Where are you going to go?
		
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			There's no escape.
		
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			In that moment still the Prophet ﷺ says
		
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			it's okay.
		
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			Allah is with us.
		
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			He's going to protect us.
		
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			And Allah ﷻ did.
		
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			May Allah ﷻ give us all that protection.
		
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			We ask Allah to protect our brothers and
		
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			sisters in Gaza.
		
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			We ask Him to protect them and shelter
		
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			them from any harm.
		
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			Protect this community this masjid, this jama'ah.
		
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			Protect all our jama'ah in America.
		
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			We ask Allah to protect us and protect
		
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			Islam and Muslims in every place.
		
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			Any questions?