Yasir Qadhi – Blessings of Winter

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The shari'ah of the winter season is a blessing for the shari'ah, while the shari'ah of the hot season is a blessing for the shari'ah. The shari'ah is not a request for the best of all good deeds, but rather a act of worship. The shari'ah is not a request for the best of all good deeds, but rather a request for the best of all good deeds. The shari'ah is not a request for the best of all good deeds, but rather a request for the best of all good deeds. The shari'ah is not a request for the best of all good deeds, but rather a request for the best of all good deeds. The shari'ah is not a request for the best of all good deeds, but rather a request for the best of all good deeds. The shari'ah is not a request for

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			O Muslims, O Muslims, look at the world
		
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			and look at the situation.
		
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			Who could have predicted in every single area
		
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			there's flames and pockets of antagonism going on.
		
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			Only Allah knows the future.
		
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			So take advantage.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, we praise Him, we ask for His
		
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			help and we ask for His forgiveness.
		
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			And we seek refuge in Allah from the
		
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			evil of our souls and from the evil
		
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			of our deeds.
		
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			Whom Allah guides, none can misguide him.
		
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			And whom He misguides, none can guide him.
		
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			And I bear witness that there is no
		
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			god but Allah, alone, with no partner.
		
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			And I bear witness that Muhammad is His
		
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			servant and His Messenger.
		
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			O you who have believed, fear Allah as
		
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			He should be feared.
		
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			وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ Dear Muslims, of
		
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			Allah's blessings upon us, which are explicitly mentioned
		
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			in the Qur'an, is the spectrum of
		
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			diversity within the creation of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			In multiple verses, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			asks us to ponder over the diversity of
		
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			creation.
		
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			He asks us to think about the different
		
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			creation out there.
		
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			He asks us to ponder about اختلاف وألسنتكم
		
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			وألوانكم the differences of your colors, the differences
		
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			of your languages.
		
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			He asks us to look at the creation
		
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			of the heavens and the earth, the alternation
		
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			of the night and the day.
		
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			And through all of this, Allah says, in
		
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			this is an ibrah, in this is a
		
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			lesson and a message for the people of
		
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			intellect.
		
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			And of the diversities that is especially relevant
		
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			right now, is the diversity of the seasons,
		
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			the diversity of the temperatures on earth.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions in the
		
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			Qur'an, وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ of His miracles and
		
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			signs, is اختلاف with the differences between the
		
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			night and the day, and the خَلْق and
		
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			the creation of the sun and the moon.
		
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			And Allah references, لِإِلَافِ قُرَيْشِ إِلَافِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ الشِّتَاءِ
		
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			وَالصَّيْفِ of their miracles and of the customs
		
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			of the Quraysh, is their different journeys in
		
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			the summer, and the different journeys of the
		
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			winter.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions of
		
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			the creation, alternation in surah Furqan, Allah says,
		
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			هُوَ الَّذِي He is the one who has
		
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			made the اختلاف of the night and the
		
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			day.
		
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			العِبْرَةَ A succession and a means of a
		
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			contemplation.
		
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			لِمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًا Whoever
		
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			wants to benefit, and whoever wants to show
		
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			thankfulness.
		
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			Allah mentions the differences of the seasons, and
		
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			the differences of the night and day.
		
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			Allah mentions them in order to show that
		
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			whoever wishes to thank Allah may do so.
		
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			And so there is divine wisdom in creation,
		
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			and there is divine wisdom in the alternation
		
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			of the creation.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions of
		
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			these wisdoms is the difference between the summer
		
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			and the winter.
		
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			So today's khutbah is about some benefits, some
		
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			rulings, some theological and fiqhi rulings that are
		
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			pertinent to this time season, and that is
		
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			the time season of winter.
		
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			And yes indeed, there are evidences in the
		
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			Qur'an and sunnah, there are traditions of
		
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			the sahaba in which they talked about winter,
		
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			and they talked about some of the benefits
		
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			and the perks of winter.
		
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			In fact there is a hadith in the
		
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			Muslim Imam Ahmed reported that the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wasallam said, that of the most easiest
		
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			ghanima you can get, ghanima here means benefit
		
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			and booty, of the biggest ghanimas you can
		
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			get is to fast during the days of
		
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			the winter.
		
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			Our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam mentioned that this
		
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			is a blessing that everyone of us has
		
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			access to.
		
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			The famous companion Abu Sa'id al-Khudri,
		
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			he said, the winter season is actually the
		
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			spring for the believer.
		
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			Pause here.
		
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			Spring is when we are the most excited.
		
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			Spring is when the flowers are blooming.
		
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			Spring is when all of the vegetation is
		
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			coming back.
		
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			We look forward to the spring.
		
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			Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said, the winter
		
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			season is in fact the spring for the
		
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			believer.
		
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			Why he was asked, he said, it's night
		
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			becomes longer, so you can pray tahajjud.
		
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			And it's days become shorter, so you can
		
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			fast with ease.
		
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			And al-Hasan al-Basri rahimahullahu ta'ala
		
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			remarked, what a beautiful season is the winter.
		
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			It's night Allah has made it long, so
		
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			that you can make qiyam in an easier
		
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			manner.
		
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			And it's days are better temperature, easier for
		
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			you to fast with, end quote.
		
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			And Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, the famous scholar
		
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			of Islam, who wrote over 75 books.
		
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			He wrote one book about the blessings of
		
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			the seasons.
		
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			He has an entire book about the blessings
		
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			of the seasons.
		
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			And he commented on these traditions.
		
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			And he said, the reason why winter is
		
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			the spring for the believer, is just like
		
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			the animal enjoys the spring.
		
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			After having gone through a winter, now it
		
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			has all of the different flowers, all of
		
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			the different crops it is grazing on.
		
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			So to when winter comes, the believer grazes
		
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			on different activities of worship that were difficult
		
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			for him before the winter.
		
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			Because Ibn Rajab says, the believer is now
		
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			easily able to bear the temperature of the
		
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			day, so that they can fast without feeling
		
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			thirsty.
		
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			And maghrib and fajr, the time is much
		
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			easier.
		
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			And he says, the night becomes long, fajr
		
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			is delayed.
		
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			And so one can wake up easier and
		
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			perform the tahajjud with ease, end quote.
		
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			So Ibn Rajab also comments on this fact,
		
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			that winter is in fact the spring for
		
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			the believer.
		
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			And so the main blessing therefore of this
		
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			time frame, is that Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala allows for us this diversity of creation,
		
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			the diversity of temperatures, the diversity of the
		
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			timings of fajr and maghrib, so that we
		
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			can do in this season what we cannot
		
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			do in other seasons.
		
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			And particularly, primarily, the two main blessings that
		
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			come are the blessings of tahajjud and the
		
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			blessings of siyam.
		
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			The blessings of the ease of praying at
		
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			night, and the blessings of being able to
		
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			fast during the day.
		
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			As we're all aware, during the winter months,
		
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			tahajjud becomes easier because fajr is delayed.
		
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			So we can now wake up half an
		
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			hour before fajr, and we can now pray
		
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			with ease, rather than praying fajr at 4,
		
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			4.30. Now fajr is at 6.15,
		
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			6.30. So we can wake up even
		
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			a little bit before fajr, and we can
		
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			pray tahajjud.
		
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			Similarly with the fast, now that fajr is
		
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			coming in around 6 o'clock, and maghrib
		
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			is also coming roughly around 6 as well,
		
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			and the temperature is easy.
		
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			So now the Prophet ﷺ said, siyamul shita,
		
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			the fasting of the winter, is al-ghanimatul
		
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			baarida, the easy war booty that one can
		
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			obtain by.
		
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			Also along with the spiritual blessings, there are
		
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			also fiqhi rulings that are pertaining to the
		
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			cold season of the winter.
		
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			One of the rules of the shari'ah,
		
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			one of the maxims of the shari'ah
		
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			that we learn from our tradition, is that
		
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			when things become difficult, the shari'ah becomes
		
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			easy.
		
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			There is a tradition, there is a principle
		
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			in fiqh, kulla maa daaqal amru ittasa.
		
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			The more difficult life becomes, the easier the
		
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			shari'ah becomes.
		
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			The more there's difficulty in day to day,
		
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			the more laxities are in the shari'ah.
		
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			And in another maxim of the shari'ah,
		
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			al-mashaqqatu tajlibu attayseer.
		
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			Difficulty begets ease.
		
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			So what are some of the ease that
		
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			the shari'ah has come with during this
		
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			time frame?
		
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			A number of things can be said, and
		
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			obviously this khutbah is not comprehensive.
		
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			Of the blessings that we should be aware
		
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			of, is that our Prophet ﷺ incentivized us
		
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			with extra rewards to do our wudu during
		
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			this season.
		
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			He mentioned in a number of traditions, this
		
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			tradition is mentioned by more than six companions.
		
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			He mentioned, should I not tell you about
		
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			the biggest blessings that causes your sins to
		
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			be forgiven, and your ranks to be raised
		
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			up.
		
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			And he mentioned two or three things.
		
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			And one of them he said, is that
		
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			making wudu during times of cold and difficulty.
		
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			Itmamul wudu'i fil makarih.
		
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			So he's encouraging us, we wake up for
		
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			fajr, we wake up for tahajjud, and it's
		
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			a bit cold, and the water is cold.
		
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			We should thank Allah SWT for that small
		
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			difficulty, will bring about great blessings in the
		
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			akhirah.
		
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			In another tradition, mentioned in sunan al-tirmidhi,
		
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			our Prophet ﷺ said, do you want to
		
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			know what the angels are arguing is the
		
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			best of all good deeds?
		
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			They said, what?
		
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			He mentioned two or three things, and one
		
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			of them he said, is that to do
		
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			wudu, and to do it well at times
		
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			of difficulty.
		
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			And at times of difficulty means, when the
		
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			temperature is cold.
		
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			So doing wudu in this season becomes an
		
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			act of worship.
		
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			We thank Allah something so trivial as wudu.
		
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			We thank Allah an act and a ritual
		
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			that is so routine, it has become so
		
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			blessed during these days.
		
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			However, this needs to be understood with some
		
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			caveats.
		
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			Of the caveats we need to understand, the
		
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			shari'ah does not ask us to intentionally
		
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			make life difficult.
		
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			This is when you don't have hot water.
		
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			So the question arises, should we in the
		
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			current circumstances intentionally not turn on the hot
		
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			water, thinking that Allah will reward us more?
		
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			No, because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
		
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			not asking us to torture ourselves for no
		
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			reason.
		
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			This is a blessing that if you don't
		
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			have hot water, and it is cold water,
		
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			expect Allah to reward you.
		
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			We should understand the shari'ah never asks
		
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			us to make life difficult for no reason.
		
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			No, when the shari'ah is demanding something
		
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			from us, and it requires a little bit
		
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			of exertion, we get extra reward.
		
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			If we can make that exertion with ease,
		
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			if we can do that difficulty with a
		
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			little bit of convenience, we are not earning
		
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			less rewards from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			There was a man once standing in the
		
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			sun, and he was standing there for many
		
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			hours.
		
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			And the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said,
		
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			why is he standing there?
		
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			And he was told, the people around him
		
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			said, Ya Rasulallah, he made an oath to
		
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			Allah that he would stand in the sun
		
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			for a long period of time.
		
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			The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said, tell
		
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			this man to break his oath.
		
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			Allah has no need of this type of
		
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			ritual.
		
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			Allah doesn't want to make life difficult for
		
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			no reason.
		
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			This is not the way you worship Allah
		
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			by intentionally making things more difficult.
		
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			So the first caveat is that the shari
		
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			'ah is not asking you to make life
		
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			more difficult.
		
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			If there is not any hot water, and
		
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			you have to do wudu with cold water,
		
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			then expect Allah to reward you extra.
		
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			But if you have hot water, thank Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala and take advantage of
		
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			that.
		
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			Another caveat we have to add here is
		
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			that obviously this only applies in circumstances where
		
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			one's life is not in danger.
		
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			Now obviously this is not the case in
		
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			our houses, in the climate that we live
		
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			in.
		
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			But imagine if you were in the desert,
		
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			and it is freezing cold, and in that
		
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			temperature or climate, you have to do wudu
		
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			or ghusl.
		
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			It is authentically narrated that Amr ibn al-'As
		
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			radiallahu ta'ala anhu narrated the story in
		
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			Sahih Bukhari.
		
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			He said that, once the Prophet ﷺ sent
		
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			me on an expedition, and it was a
		
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			freezing cold night in the middle of the
		
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			desert, a freezing cold night.
		
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			And I woke up, I was the commander,
		
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			I woke up, and I was in the
		
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			state of janabah, I had a *.
		
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			And I thought if I do ghusl now,
		
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			then this is the end of me.
		
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			So he said, I did tayammum.
		
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			And I led my people in salat al
		
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			-fajr in the state of janabah having done
		
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			tayammum.
		
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			And then I returned home, and the news
		
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			spread that he led us without doing ghusl.
		
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			He led us only doing tayammum.
		
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			So the Prophet ﷺ called me.
		
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			He said, is it true that you led
		
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			your companions in the state of janabah?
		
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			Is it true you led fajr without doing
		
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			wudu?
		
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			He said, Ya Rasulullah, it was freezing cold.
		
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			You know the temperature in the desert gets
		
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			very cold at night.
		
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			It was freezing cold.
		
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			And I thought to myself, if I were
		
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			to pour water on me now, this would
		
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			be the end of me.
		
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			And Allah says in the Quran, وَلَا تُلْقُوا
		
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			بِأَيْدِيكُمِ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ Don't cause your own destruction.
		
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			So I didn't want to cause my own
		
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			destruction, and I did tayammum.
		
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			So the Prophet ﷺ laughed and did not
		
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			disapprove of what he had done.
		
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			Which indicates that, yes, when life is difficult,
		
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			yes, when the situation is life-threatening, the
		
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			shari'ah becomes easy in this regard.
		
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			Now obviously we do not have this situation
		
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			within our households, but you should be aware
		
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			that shari'ah has come with this level
		
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			of ease.
		
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			Another ruling that we can take advantage of
		
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			in this cold season is the ruling of
		
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			masah over our socks, the ruling of wiping
		
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			over our socks.
		
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			And it is authentically narrated that our Prophet
		
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			ﷺ gave this concession to the sahaba that
		
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			the one who is traveling can wipe for
		
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			three days, and the one who is muqeem
		
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			can wipe for one day.
		
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			And our Khalifah Umar ibn Khattar radiallahu anhu
		
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			said, that whoever wears his socks after having
		
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			done tahara, let him wipe over his socks
		
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			for an entire day from the hour that
		
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			he wore his socks.
		
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			So where you wear, you can 24 hours,
		
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			you may wipe over them.
		
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			Now if you're aware of this minor controversy
		
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			in our books of fiqh, and that is
		
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			the conditions of the sock, as you're probably
		
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			aware, some of the madhhab say, it must
		
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			be leather, and other madhhab say, no, any
		
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			sock does the job.
		
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			And this is not the time to get
		
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			into the details of this, but the position
		
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			that I follow, Ibn Taymiyyah has a long
		
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			fatwa on this, Imam Ahmad has explicit statements
		
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			on this, that the shari'ah has come
		
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			with ease.
		
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			And so any foot covering that covers the
		
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			foot, it is something you may do masah
		
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			over as long as you have wudu, when
		
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			you put those coverings on.
		
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			And also our scholars mentioned, that if there
		
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			are multiple coverings in one, then as long
		
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			as you put them on at the same
		
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			time, it will constitute one covering.
		
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			And they say this based upon the fact
		
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			that the sahaba, some of them, their socks
		
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			were basically strips of cotton or strips of
		
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			garment, that they would wrap around their feet,
		
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			and that would be their sock.
		
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			And so that is the equivalent of multiple
		
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			layers.
		
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			So if you have a sock, and then
		
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			you have a shoe on it, you may
		
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			do masah as long as you had wudu,
		
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			when you wore your socks and shoes at
		
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			the same time.
		
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			And if there are other opinions, and you
		
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			wish to follow them, they're all good insha
		
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			'Allah ta'ala.
		
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			Of the rulings that we should be aware
		
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			of during the winter season as well, is
		
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			that our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam gave a
		
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			concession for the cold season, that those that
		
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			are in the masjid, and it is very
		
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			cold, that they may combine the salawat, or
		
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			those that are not in the masjid, and
		
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			it is very dangerous, they should not come
		
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			to the masjid.
		
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			Ibn Umar radiyallahu anhu once gave the adhan
		
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			in his time frame.
		
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			And in the adhan, instead of saying, hayya
		
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			alas salah, he said, pray in your houses,
		
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			and it was a cold night.
		
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			He said, don't come to the masjid, pray
		
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			in your houses.
		
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			So somebody said to him, why did you
		
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			change, hayya alas salah, to pray in your
		
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			houses?
		
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			He said, one night, it was very cold,
		
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			in the time of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wasallam.
		
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			And he said to us, don't say, hayya
		
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			alas salah, say, sallu fi rihalikum, pray in
		
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			your houses.
		
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			So I'm following that sunnah.
		
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			Now obviously, this applies when the roads are
		
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			a bit slippery or dangerous, this applies when
		
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			there might be ice for us on the
		
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			road, the sharia is not asking us to
		
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			do something that is potentially harmful.
		
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			Also, we learn from the traditions in Sahih
		
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			Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, that on multiple occasions,
		
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			when it was raining severely, when it was
		
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			very cold, when the sahabah had gathered for
		
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			the first of the two salawat, dhuhr and
		
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			asr or maghrib and isha, the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			alayhi wasallam would say to them, you may
		
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			combine, so that you don't have to come
		
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			back for the other salah.
		
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			Now this only applies to those that are
		
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			in the masjid in difficult times.
		
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			Obviously, if you're at home, you don't combine
		
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			dhuhr and asr or maghrib and isha because
		
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			of the cold.
		
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			This is if somebody has come to the
		
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			masjid, and the circumstances are difficult outside, in
		
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			that case, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam applied
		
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			it in a very severe situation.
		
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			Obviously, one word of caution also applies in
		
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			the winter months, and that is that because
		
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			the time of the salawat becomes so close,
		
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			many people unfortunately do not pay attention to
		
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			dhuhr and asr timings, and they let it
		
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			go by.
		
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			And realize we are not allowed to delay
		
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			dhuhr until after the time of asr comes.
		
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			Even if we're at work, no matter what
		
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			we are, we must take a few minutes
		
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			out, and go to a corner, or find
		
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			a safe place to pray.
		
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			And it is something that, unfortunately, too many
		
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			people get lax about in the winter months.
		
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			Just because the salawat are closer, doesn't give
		
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			us an excuse to make qadaa for no
		
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			reason of our salawat.
		
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			It is a major sin.
		
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			And Allah says in the Qur'an, إِنَّ
		
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			الصَّلَاتَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ كِتَابًا مَوْقُوتًا The prayers
		
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			are assigned at their correct times, كِتَابًا مَوْقُوتًا
		
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			There are particular times you must pray in.
		
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			Now, there's one concession that many scholars, in
		
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			fact, the majority of scholars have allowed this.
		
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			It's not really a concession, but it is
		
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			something that is permissible.
		
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			It's not something we should take as a
		
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			habit.
		
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			And yet still, because of the circumstances we
		
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			find ourselves in, in this climate, it might
		
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			be useful to know that the vast majority
		
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			of scholars have allowed what is called, الجمع
		
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			الصوري And that is the illusion of combining.
		
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			You don't actually combine, but if somebody were
		
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			to see you without knowing what you're doing,
		
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			they might think you're combining.
		
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			And Ibn Hajar comments on this, Imam An
		
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			-Nawawi comments on this.
		
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			And they say that it is allowed to
		
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			delay Zuhur to the very end timing, 10
		
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			minutes before Salatul Asr comes, and you pray
		
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			Zuhur.
		
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			And then with the same wudu, you wait
		
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			a few minutes, when Asr comes in, you
		
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			may then pray Asr as well.
		
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			This is something that is allowed.
		
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			And because you prayed every prayer on its
		
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			time, you're not actually combining.
		
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			But you have to be very careful that
		
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			you're monitoring the correct timing.
		
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			So suppose Asr comes in at, let's say
		
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			3.55, so you pray Zuhur at 3
		
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			.45, and you pray it properly, and you
		
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			pray it on time, and then you wait.
		
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			And then when 3.55 comes, and it
		
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			is time for Asr, then you wait a
		
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			minute or two, and then you pray Salatul
		
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			Asr.
		
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			This is something that is ja'iz.
		
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			It is not good to do, but given
		
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			our workplaces, given the corporate environment we find
		
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			ourselves in, it might be useful to know,
		
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			and some concession to follow, if we're not
		
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			able to pray each prayer at its exact
		
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			timing.
		
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			There is no sin on doing this, because
		
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			you are praying Zuhur in its proper time,
		
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			and you are praying Asr in its proper
		
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			time.
		
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			And the same can go from Maghrib and
		
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			Isha, obviously not for Asr and Maghrib, for
		
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			Maghrib and Isha, and for Zuhur and Asr,
		
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			you may do what is called al-jama
		
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			'a al-suri, or the illusion of jama'.
		
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			It is not actual jama'.
		
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			And the final point we'll mention, and of
		
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			course this is a summarized khutbah, so many
		
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			other rulings can be given that are a
		
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			benefit to us, is that our Prophet ﷺ
		
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			cautioned us about being...
		
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			taking regular precautions about this season.
		
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			It is reported in Sahih Bukhari that one
		
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			of the houses in Madinah, they burnt down
		
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			in the winter, because they had let the
		
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			fire on.
		
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			Because it was cold at night, they had
		
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			let the fire on.
		
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			And our Prophet ﷺ said, that these fires,
		
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			sometimes shaitan uses them to harm you.
		
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			So be careful.
		
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			And in one version he said, that turn
		
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			the fires off at night.
		
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			Now obviously, he's speaking in a different environment
		
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			where there were no precautions there, they didn't
		
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			have the checks and balances we do.
		
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			But he actually instructed the people in Madinah
		
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			to not have the fires that are just
		
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			there without being monitored for the rest of
		
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			the night.
		
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			Obviously in our situation, we have checks and
		
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			balances within our appliances, but still the principle
		
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			applies.
		
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			And that principle is that the shari'ah
		
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			wants us to protect ourselves and our families.
		
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			The shari'ah wants us to take reasonable
		
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			precautions where we do not cause undue hardship
		
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			and harm to our families.
		
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			And the winter season is coming, and as
		
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			you know, sometimes the taps, they freeze up,
		
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			other things happen.
		
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			So take precautions.
		
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			And we thank Allah for such a beautiful
		
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			religion that has taught us to take precautions
		
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			for our daily needs.
		
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			We thank Allah we are rewarded for the
		
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			daily routines of the summer and the winter.
		
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			We thank Allah that the shari'ah has
		
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			come with concessions even for the seasons.
		
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			And all of this demonstrates the beauty of
		
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			the shari'ah, the simplicity of the shari
		
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			'ah, the purity of the shari'ah, and
		
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			the fact that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			wants ease for us and not difficulty for
		
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			us.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless me
		
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			and you with the Qur'an.
		
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			And may He make us of those who
		
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			His verses they understand and applies halal and
		
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			haram through our lifespan.
		
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			Ask Allah's forgiveness, you as well ask Him
		
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			for His ghafoor and the rahman.
		
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			Alhamdulillahil wahidil ahad.
		
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			Assamad.
		
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			Alladhi lam yalid wa lam yulad wa lam
		
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			yakun lahu kufwan ahad wa ba'du.
		
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			O Muslims, we watch with trepidation, with worry
		
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			about what is happening around the globe.
		
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			And there are things happening across the globe
		
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			which at one point the heart is saddened
		
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			by and at others they find optimism in.
		
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			And the situation in Bilad al-Sham, the
		
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			situation in Syria is one such situation where
		
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			our hearts are happy that the people are
		
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			finding a source of liberation, the people are
		
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			overthrowing the shackles of tyranny and injustice, and
		
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			with cautious optimism we make dua for those
		
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			people.
		
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			O Muslims, realize that Bilad al-Sham is
		
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			not like any other land.
		
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			Our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam made so
		
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			many duas for that land.
		
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			And he said in a hadith in Bukhari
		
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			and Muslim, اللهم بارك لنا في شامنا O
		
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			Allah, bless us in our Bilad al-Sham.
		
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			And Bilad al-Sham encompasses Syria, and Lebanon,
		
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			and Jordan, and Palestine, that entire area.
		
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			And he said, O Allah, bless us in
		
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			our Bilad al-Sham.
		
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			And he said this when Bilad al-Sham
		
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			was under the Byzantine Empire.
		
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			The Muslims did not control Bilad al-Sham.
		
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			And yet he said this is our Bilad,
		
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			our Bilad.
		
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			This is Shamina, our Bilad al-Sham.
		
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			He ascribed it to the Muslim Ummah.
		
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			And our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam praised
		
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			the people of Sham.
		
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			And he said that, Iman will always go
		
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			back over there.
		
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			And he mentioned that there's always gonna be
		
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			groups of people that are apparent upon the
		
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			truth until the day of judgment.
		
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			And he said, you will find them in
		
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			Sham and around Bilad al-Sham.
		
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			So we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			to bless the people of Sham, the sincere,
		
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			the righteous people of Sham.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
		
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			protect them from the tyrannies and injustices that
		
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			they have undergone.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
		
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			allow us to see victory for the righteous
		
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			people over the tyrants and the evil doers.
		
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			Make dua for them and for all of
		
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			the Ummah.
		
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			And there is a lot of ibrah, O
		
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			Muslims, O Muslims, O Muslims, look at the
		
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			world and look at the situation.
		
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			Who could have predicted in every single area
		
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			there's flames and pockets of antagonism going on.
		
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			Only Allah knows the future.
		
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			So take advantage of the peace that we
		
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			are in right now.
		
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			Take advantage of our beautiful civil society that
		
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			we're in to make sure that your relationship
		
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			with Allah is strong.
		
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			To make sure that your ibadah is something
		
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			that you are doing perfectly.
		
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			There are people around the globe, they don't
		
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			have the luxury to worship Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			They're constantly under threat of bombs, under threat
		
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			of immigration.
		
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			And here we are, alhamdulillah, in peace, in
		
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			aafia, in security.
		
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			What excuse do we have to not be
		
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			close to Allah?
		
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			Learn from the lessons of history.
		
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			Look at what is happening in every single
		
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			region of the world.
		
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			Who could have imagined all of these things
		
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			happening?
		
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			It's not just Gaza anymore and we're still
		
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			making dua for Gaza.
		
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			Look at our brothers and sisters in Sudan
		
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			and the reality of what is happening over
		
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			there.
		
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			Look at what is happening in Yemen.
		
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			Look at what is happening in the Uyghur
		
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			place in China.
		
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			Look at what is happening across the world
		
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			and now in Bilad al-Sham as well.
		
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			So many things are happening.
		
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			So let the wise person take a lesson
		
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			from this.
		
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			Let the person prepare for the unexpected tomorrow.
		
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			We do not know what is gonna happen
		
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			tomorrow.
		
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			So the wise person prepares today in expectation
		
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			for tomorrow.
		
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			And the bulk of that preparation is going
		
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			to be with the taqwa of Allah.
		
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			وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ زَادِ التَّقْوَى Prepare yourselves.
		
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			And the best preparation is the taqwa of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Now is the time to establish that connection
		
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			with Allah.
		
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			To make sure your prayer rituals are on
		
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			time.
		
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			To make sure you understand your faith and
		
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			your deen.
		
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			To make sure you and your children are
		
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			upon the truth and upon Siratul Haqq and
		
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			the mustaqeem.
		
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			Because you do not know what is gonna
		
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			happen tomorrow.
		
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			And be prepared for that unexpected reality tomorrow.
		
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			And along with that, make constant dua to
		
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			Allah for aafiyah.
		
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			To protect us and our children and our
		
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			loved ones.
		
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			And to bless the ummah with khair and
		
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			with taqwa.
		
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			اللهم إني داعٍ فأمنوا اللهم لا تدعي في
		
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			هذا اليوم ذنبًا إلا غفرت ولا همًا إلا
		
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			فرجت ولا دينًا إلا قضيت ولا مريضًا إلا
		
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			شفيت ولا عسيرًا إلا يسرت اللهم أفل لنا
		
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			وإخواننا الذين سبقون بالإيمان ولا تجعل في قلوبنا
		
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			غلا للذين آمنوا ربنا إنك رؤوف رحيم اللهم
		
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			أعز الإسلام والمسلمين اللهم من أرادنا أو أراد
		
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			الإسلام والمسلمين بسوء فاجغله بنفسه واجعل تدميره في
		
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			تدبيره يا قوي يا عزيز عباد الله إن
		
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			الله تعالى أمركم بأن بدا به بنفسه وثنَّى
		
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			بملائكة قدسه وثلَّث بكم أيها المؤلن من جنِّه
		
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			وإنسه فقال عزَّ من قائلٍ عليمًا إن الله
		
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			وملائكة يصلُّون على النبي يا أيها الذين آمنوا
		
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			صلُّوا عليه وسلِّموا تسليمًا اللهم صلِّ وسلِّم وبارِك
		
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			وأنعم على عبدك رسولك محمد وعلى آله وصحبه
		
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			أجمعين عباد الله إن الله تعالى يأمر بالعدل
		
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			والإحسان وإتعاد القربى وينهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر والبغي
		
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			يَعِدُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ أُذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ يَذْكُرُكُمْ
		
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			وَاشْكُرُوهُ يَزِدْ لَكُمْ وَلَذِكْرُوا اللَّهِ تَعَالَى أَكْبَرُ وَأَقِمِ
		
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			الصَّلَاةِ فيَا ذُلِّي وَيَا خَجَلِي إِذَا مَا مَا
		
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			اسْتَحِيَيْتَهْ تَعْصِيْنِي وَلَا تَخْشَى مِنَ الْعَتَبِي وَتُخْفِي
		
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			الذَّمْبَ عَنْ خَلْقِي وَتَأْذَى فِي الْهَوَى قُرْبِي فَتُبْ
		
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			مِمَّا جَنَيْتَ عَسَى تَعُودُ إِلَى رِضَى الرَّبِّ تَعُودُ
		
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			إِلَى رِضَى الرَّبِّ