Yaser Birjas – The Importance Of Masjid In Our Time

Yaser Birjas
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The speakers emphasize the importance of finding a sense of community and sisterhood in the aftermath of elections, as the social network is damaged and people are afraid of the future. They stress the need for protection and community, and urge individuals to create a community and be present in the area. The "meditation" program is designed to provide guidance and support for people with hearts issues, and fundraising for future expansion is invited. The importance of finding guidance and faith in the culture of Islam is emphasized, along with finding peace and liability in life and finding peace and liability. The social and out-the-door activities for the future are also discussed, and fundraising for future expansion is encouraged.
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I bear witness that there is none worthy

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of worship except Allah, and I bear witness

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that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.

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O you who have believed, fear Allah as

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He should be feared, and do not die

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except as Muslims.

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O you who have believed, fear your Lord,

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Who has created you from one soul, and

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has created from it a wife, and has

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spread among them many men and women.

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And fear Allah, in Whom you ask for

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protection and mercy.

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Indeed, Allah is ever watching over you.

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O you who have believed, fear Allah and

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say the righteous word.

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Indeed, He will correct your deeds and forgive

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your sins.

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And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has

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certainly attained a great victory.

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Is it not, O servants of Allah, that

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the best of speech is the speech of

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Allah the Exalted?

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And the best of guidance is the guidance

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of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.

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And the worst of affairs are its innovations,

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and every innovation is a creation, and every

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creation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in

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the Fire.

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Then, after that, my dear brothers and sisters,

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Subhanallah, I was listening to this beautiful Adhan,

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and just kind of reflecting on something that

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choked me a little bit.

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Remembering as we're enjoying being in our masjid,

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listening to the Adhan, raising the name of

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and salawat upon

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the Prophet ﷺ and these beautiful houses.

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Listening to this Adhan on a regular basis,

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Alhamdulillah, I remember there are masjids right now

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in Gaza, in Palestine, that have been destroyed.

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And the Adhan would not be raised anytime

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soon.

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I remember some masjids that we have, our

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brothers and sisters in China, they lost, unfortunately,

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deliberately, in a systematic way, destroying these masjids,

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because they don't want the name of Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala to be raised in

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these masjids.

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I remember some of the masjids that were

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destroyed recently in India, for whatever excuse, and

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these masjids are not going to have that

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Adhan to be raised in them anytime soon.

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And there are many more masjids, probably you

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would see, but unfortunately be targeted in our

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time, showing the importance of the masjid in

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our life.

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Brothers and sisters, I lived in Basra, Alhamdulillah,

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for four years, and there, right after the

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war, I could tell you, that many, many

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masjids were targeted deliberately, to be destroyed, to

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be wiped out, because it's a symbol of

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Islam, and symbolic for the Muslim community and

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the ummah as well too.

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The masjid, my dear brothers and sisters, just

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not walls, it's not just walls.

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It's not just carpeted area, or fancy high

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ceilings places, or beautiful space where people just

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get together.

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This is not the meaning of the masjid,

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my dear brothers and sisters.

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Wallahi, it is much more than that.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, وَأَنَّ الْمَسَاجِدِ

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لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا He said,

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know that these masjids are raised and built

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for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala, and only for Allah azza wa jal.

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فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا Don't you ever

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call anyone besides Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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in these masjids.

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Never ever praise any name besides the name

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in these

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places.

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But we've seen somewhere else.

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They tried their best to close these doors,

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and abandoning these masjids and destroying them.

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So because they're afraid that the name of

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in these masjids

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means more than just an adhan.

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Brothers and sisters, our masjids in our time

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are much more crucial in our time than

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any time probably before.

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If you see the environment, the political environment

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in the world today, and how unfortunately the

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Muslims are being now targeted everywhere we go,

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even Muslim countries.

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We know the election is coming up very

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soon for us.

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In just a few weeks, everybody is waiting

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and trying to hold their breath to see

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what the outcome is going to be.

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But rest assured, whatever the outcome is still

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worse than the other.

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And we know that for sure, whatever is

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going to happen, we need as a Muslim

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community to be strong.

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We need to be united.

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You need to be active.

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And you need to be out there.

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And we need to make sure that our

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community, and our centers, and our masjids well

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protected, well maintained, and also even visible for

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the people to see.

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Brothers and sisters, our masjid in the next

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probably four years is going to become more

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important than ever for many many people, because

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whatever the outcome out of these elections, we

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need shelter where we can come back to

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and find peace and tranquility.

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In the turmoil of this world, we need

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to find that peace and tranquility.

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We need to find that brotherhood and sisterhood,

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that sense of community, sense of belonging.

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Something that when you come back to, you

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feel strong, and you hold on inshaAllah tight

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to one another.

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There are many reasons why the masjid is

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very important, especially the time of the Prophet

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ﷺ.

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It was more like a social network for

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the people.

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Unfortunately, the social media of our time killed

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that sense of community for us.

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A lot of people, they socialize so much

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on social media, they don't even have time

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to come to the masjid, and they don't

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even need to come to the masjid anymore.

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And even when they come, they already killed

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their socializing on their social networks, online, so

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when they come to the masjid, there's nothing

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left for them to talk about.

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But the masajid were built for that, for

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networking, for people to come and meet and

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see each other, and get to know one

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another.

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And as our numbers are increasing, alhamdulillah, your

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social network will increase.

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Not just that, your reach, whatever that is,

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whether it's emotional, social, economical, it will also

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increase as well too.

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There is so much khair come from coming

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to the masjid and making sure they're well

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maintained and taken care of.

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Brothers and sisters, just the fact that coming

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for the salah, look at the social aspect

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of that.

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You're sitting next to somebody, probably you don't

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even know who he is.

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Probably you don't know her name, the one

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who's sitting next to you.

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But then subhanallah, when the salah time comes,

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you stand up and shoulder to shoulder, foot

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to foot, you don't mind it.

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You don't mind a perfect stranger to touch

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your shoulder in salah.

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And you feel just comfortable with that.

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As a matter of fact, even you're encouraged

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that if there's a gap, you come closer

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to them.

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And if you see that stranger standing next

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to you and there's a gap between you

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and this person, you tell them, come closer

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please.

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Can you imagine the impact of just this

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action?

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Preparing for salah, just lining up, making sure

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the line is straight, there's no gaps, we're

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next to each other, alhamdulillah shoulder to shoulder,

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foot to foot.

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Imagine just that aspect of the salah, how

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much that sense of community will be built

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just from these little things that we do.

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And if you do that on a regular

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basis, which means not just for Juma, you

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come for Isha, you come for Fajr, you

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come for other salawat every single day.

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Imagine doing this on a regular basis.

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That sense of community will be beautiful, feeling

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comfortable with one another, even though I don't

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know the person by name.

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But I just, alhamdulillah, seeing them in the

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majid gives me a sense of relief, sense

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of comfort for one another.

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Brothers and sisters, our masajids are going to

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be inshaAllah more than ever.

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Places for ilm and knowledge.

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Why?

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Because unfortunately nowadays when you open the internet,

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people learning from short videos of 30 seconds

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and 60 seconds and 2 minutes, that doesn't

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give knowledge.

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It doesn't give knowledge, it gives you information.

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And without proper knowledge, there will be no

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solid foundation for the belief system that you

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have, and for you and your family, your

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children.

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Our masajid will provide you with that.

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And it's very important for us to make

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sure, alhamdulillah, we have the space for all

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these programs and activities in our communities.

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Brothers and sisters, the masjid is considered a

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fortress for da'wah as well too.

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Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen, in the past few years,

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we've seen an increased number of people giving

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their shahada.

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Here in this masjid, since we opened this

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masjid back in 2019, many many people give

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their shahada alhamdulillah in this masjid.

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And we've seen it guys in Ramadan, almost

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every single night, we have somebody giving shahada.

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And if you remember, we had few Fridays

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as well too, people all the way across

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the ocean, from the UK, sign language, they

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don't even actually, sign language, they give shahada

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with sign language as well too.

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Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen, the khair is so great

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ajma'ah.

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A lot of people, and the Prophet ﷺ

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says that لَأَن يَهْدِيَ اللَّهُ بِكَ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ

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If Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make you

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the reason for one individual to find guidance

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and find faith, he says, خَيْرُ لَّكَ مَمَّا

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طَلَطْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسِ It's better for you than

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owning all that which the sun has risen

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over or the sun shining over.

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Imagine the entire universe, just guiding somebody, you

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have the reward for that, alhamdulillah rabbil alameen.

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Brothers and sisters, many many people they come

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to the masjid with broken hearts.

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Whether it's a family issue, job issue, personal

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issue, a lot of that people they come

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and they're looking for shelter.

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That shelter is for them to find that

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peace and tranquility.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا

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وَتَطْمَئِنُوا قُلُوبُهُمْ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ أَلَىٰ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ

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تَطْمَئِنُوا الْقُلُوبُ Those who have faith, and their

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hearts find peace and tranquility through the remembrance

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of Allah.

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Because indeed, through the remembrance of Allah, the

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heart will find peace and tranquility.

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You come to the masjid with the right

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intention, you find yourself as if you went

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through a portal.

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You depart from this world for a few

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minutes.

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The time of the salah, the time of

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the talk, you just feel out of this

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world.

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And you feel that kind of beautiful, amazing

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that feeling you would love for it to

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continue and not coming to an end.

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Remember those feelings in Ramadan?

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At the beginning, the first few days of

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Ramadan were difficult for us.

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You have to fast, change your routine, get

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adjusted, and stay up night for taraweeh.

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A lot of things will change for you

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in the first few nights of Ramadan.

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So people have difficulty adjusting.

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By the time Ramadan comes to an end,

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people crying, they wish Ramadan can stay longer.

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Because of the amount of peace and tranquility

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they were able to find in those beautiful

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nights and beautiful days of the month of

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Ramadan.

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Imagine if Ramadan is everyday to you in

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the masjid.

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You come to get the exact same feeling

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from those beautiful gatherings, from the salah.

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Can you imagine the khayr that you will

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get and your other people with you, inshaAllah,

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tabaraka wa ta'ala.

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Brothers and sisters, the Prophet ﷺ said, He

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said, سَبْعَةٌ يُظُلُّهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي ذُلِّهِ يَوْمَ لَا

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ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظُلُّهُ Seven categories.

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Seven categories of people.

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Allah ﷻ will give them shade on the

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Day of Judgment when there will be no

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shade but His.

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And one of those seven categories, He says,

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قَال رَجُلٌ نَشَأَ فِي طَاعَ الْأَغْطِقِ قَلْبُ بِالْمَسَجِدِ

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Someone whose heart is attached to the houses

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of Allah ﷻ.

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What does that mean?

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Means every time salah is over, by the

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time they get home, they're waiting for the

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next salah.

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They wish to come.

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And even when the salah is over, they

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would like to stay as long as possible

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because they find that peace and tranquility in

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the masajid.

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The masajid, the role of the masjid today

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is different than it was before.

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And I hope that we realize that.

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And I hope that we realize that way

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before it's too late.

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That's why, alhamdulillah rabbil alameen, in your community

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over here, when we started this community and

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this masjid and this building, the plan was

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to wait for 10 years before we do

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our expansion.

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Because alhamdulillah rabbil alameen, we thought this will

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be sufficient for the next 10 years until

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the growth that was projected to happen will

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be coming in 10 years.

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But subhanAllah, just right during COVID and right

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after COVID, two years ago, the number of

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musallin in this masjid for Salatul Isha doubled.

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And last year, as a matter of fact,

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just before early the summer, the numbers tripled.

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You can imagine when you have, mashaAllah, 6

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lines, 7 lines in this masjid for Salatul

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Isha.

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4 lines, 5 lines for Salatul Fajr, alhamdulillah

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rabbil alameen.

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The numbers of activities increased so much so

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that we have a problem with the space

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that we had to develop the north, the

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VRC north as well, so we can have

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activities happening over there.

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But why is that?

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Alhamdulillah, because we have seen the growth.

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The growth in terms of people moving into

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the area.

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And alhamdulillah, for many, many brothers and sisters

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local to the community, they're finding their way

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back to the masjid and building their family

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in the masjid, alhamdulillah rabbil alameen.

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What a beautiful thing to see, wallahi.

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They know and they understand the importance of

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this masjid and why it is important for

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them as well too.

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This is why we're having tonight, inshaAllah, our

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fundraising.

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That I would like to invite you all

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to come and participate so we can continue

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with our expansion that will add, inshaAllah, all

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the facilities that we need for the future,

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bismillah, azza wa jal.

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Like I mentioned, my dear brothers and sisters,

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the elections are coming.

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And regardless of the results, the role of

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the masjid is going to become much more

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important than ever.

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Our need to be strong as a community,

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visible, active, and out there, inshaAllah ta'ala,

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will be actually much more important than ever.

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I want you to be prepared for that,

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inshaAllah ta'ala, and support your community, support

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your masjid.

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قولوا قولي هذا واستغفر الله العظيم لي ولكم

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والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته استغفروه إنه هو

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الغفور الرحيم الحمد

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لله رب العالمين صلى الله وسلم مبارك على

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نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليماً كثيرا

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my dear brothers and sisters الحمد لله as

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we have seen in the news how much

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masjid being destroyed in Gaza and Palestine how

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many of them being destroyed in India or

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China or elsewhere of the world الحمد لله

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going back to Bosnia gives you so much

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hope that the ummahs always have خير in

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it الحمد لله رب العالمين some of the

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masjid were destroyed in the war in Bosnia

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their back function الحمد لله these masjid they've

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been built 500, 400 years ago I prayed

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in these masjid regularly and it's still operational

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and we want to ensure that this community

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inshallah ta'ala have the same legacy بِنِ

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اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ five years from today people

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will talk about this masjid was built back

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in those days I want you to be

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part of this inshallah ta'ala and participate

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so join us inshallah tonight بِنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ

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وَجَلَّ اللهم علمنا ما انفعنا وانفعنا بما علمتنا

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إِنَّكَ تَلْعَلِمُ الْحَكِيمُ اللهم آتِ نفوسَنا تَقْوَاهَا وَزَكِّهَا

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أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا مَوْلَاهَا إِنَّ

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اللَّهَ مَلَيْكَةَ صَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ

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آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا اللهم صلِّ وسلِّم

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وبارِك على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين

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وارضَ اللهم عن الخلفاء الراشدين وعن نبي بكر

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وعمر وعثمان وعلي وعن سائر الصحابة أجمعين ومن

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تبعهم بإحسان يوم الدين وأقم الصلاة

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