Yasir Qadhi – If You Are Grateful I Will Certainly Give You More

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			Allah is the Greatest, Allah is
		
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			the Greatest.
		
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			I bear witness that there is no
		
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			god but Allah.
		
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			I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			I bear witness that
		
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			Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
		
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			Come to Prayer Allah
		
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			is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest.
		
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			There is no god but Allah.
		
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			I bear witness
		
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			that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
		
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			I
		
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			bear
		
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			witness
		
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			that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
		
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			He takes it for granted.
		
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			He has a puff and pride and arrogance.
		
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			He turns away from all of these blessings,
		
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			assuming the blessings will continue.
		
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			There is no acceptance.
		
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			There is no gratitude.
		
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			There is no recognition.
		
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			Rather, there is a sense of entitlement.
		
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			And when some calamity happens, when the slightest
		
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			hint of a problem happens, he becomes bitter.
		
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			He becomes complaining.
		
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			He becomes somebody who is not satisfied with
		
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			the reality.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions in this
		
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			verse one of the main characteristics that we
		
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			all are so familiar with.
		
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			And that is we take blessings for granted
		
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			and the slightest tragedy, the slightest problem, we
		
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			find it to be the biggest issue, constantly
		
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			moaning, groaning, complaining about this.
		
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			So the question therefore is, how do we
		
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			change this attitude?
		
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			Such that we appreciate the good and we
		
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			can overcome and overlook the negative.
		
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			There are multiple responses.
		
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			But today's khutbah, we will illustrate one of
		
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			the most important Qur'anic Islamic manifestations of
		
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			how to change our mindset.
		
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			And that is the reality of shukr to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Shukr, or to be grateful for what we
		
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			have.
		
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			Shukr, to understand and appreciate the blessings Allah
		
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			has given us is a mind changer.
		
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			It is a paradigm shift.
		
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			When we become of the shakireen, when we
		
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			become of the thankful, when we start thinking
		
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			of the positives, when we start looking at
		
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			the good, then all of a sudden this
		
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			impacts how we view the world.
		
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			And in fact, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			reminds us in the Qur'an that He
		
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			created us to separate those amongst us who
		
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			are grateful from those who are not grateful.
		
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			There are only two categories of people.
		
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			Either the first category, those that understand and
		
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			appreciate, or the second category, those that are
		
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			complacent and arrogant and reject.
		
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			Allah says in the Qur'an, إِنَّا هَدَيْنَاهُ
		
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			السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا We showed him
		
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			the path, now it is up to him.
		
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			We showed him the hidayah, it is very
		
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			clear, truth and falsehood.
		
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			And now mankind will decide, إِمَّا شَاكِر وَإِمَّا
		
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			كَفُورًا Either mankind will choose the path of
		
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			thankfulness, shakir, or mankind will choose the path
		
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			of ungratefulness, kafur.
		
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			And by the way, the term kafur or
		
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			kafir, it has two meanings in the Qur
		
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			'an.
		
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			The primary meaning that we associate is the
		
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			one who rejects Allah SWT.
		
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			But in fact, the Qur'an has the
		
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			term kafur, not only for rejection of Allah,
		
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			but also for a rejection of thanking Allah.
		
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			Because the ultimate kafir is the one who
		
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			rejects thanking Allah by worshiping Him.
		
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			The ultimate kafir doesn't just reject thanking Allah.
		
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			The ultimate kafir rejects ascribing blessings to Allah,
		
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			i.e. ends up rejecting Allah.
		
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			It is not a coincidence that the same
		
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			root that describes ungratefulness also describes disbelief in
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Let that sink in.
		
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			When you are ungrateful, the Qur'an uses
		
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			the term kafur.
		
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			And when you reject Allah, the Qur'an
		
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			uses the term kafur.
		
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			In other words, to be very simplistic, kafur,
		
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			one of the opposites is iman.
		
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			And kafur, the other opposite is shukr.
		
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			لَإِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ وَلَإِن كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِنَ شَدِيدٌ
		
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			لَإِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ If you show me shukr,
		
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			I will give you more.
		
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			وَلَإِن كَفَرْتُمْ The opposite of shukr is also
		
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			kafur.
		
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			The opposite of iman is also kafur.
		
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			Because the root is the same, the concept
		
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			is the same, that you reject the blessings
		
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			Allah has given you.
		
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			You do not appreciate the blessings Allah has
		
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			given you.
		
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			And therefore, O Muslim, one of the seminal
		
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			characteristics of iman is that iman causes you
		
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			to be of the shakireen.
		
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			Iman causes you to constantly look at the
		
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			positive and don't take it for granted.
		
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			Iman always, always brings about a positive paradigm.
		
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			Look at the good, look at all the
		
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			blessings.
		
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			Allah says in the Qur'an, وَإِن تَعُدُّوا
		
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			نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَا If you attempted to
		
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			count Allah's blessings, you would never be able
		
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			to finish that list.
		
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			You cannot even count Allah's blessings, but we
		
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			take them for granted.
		
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			Allah says in the Qur'an, وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ
		
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			نِعَمَهُ ظَاهِرَةً وَبَاطِنَةً He has immersed you, you
		
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			are swimming in Allah's mercy.
		
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			You are surrounded by Allah's mercy.
		
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			ظَاهِرَةً وَبَاطِنَةً Some of them are obvious, and
		
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			others are not that obvious, but you are
		
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			surrounded by Allah's mercy.
		
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			Allah says in the Qur'an, ذَتْ وَرَحْمَتِي
		
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			وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ My rahmah encompasses every created
		
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			being.
		
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			Allah's rahmah is much, much more than we
		
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			can imagine.
		
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			We are surrounded by Allah's rahmah.
		
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			We would not be here without Allah's blessings.
		
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			Every breath that we take, every sip of
		
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			water, every single blessing, Allah has given it
		
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			to us, and yet we take it for
		
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			granted.
		
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			We don't even acknowledge it.
		
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			We don't show shukr to it.
		
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			So realize, O Muslim, that shukr is that
		
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			one element that changes our perspective.
		
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			It makes us optimistic.
		
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			It makes us positive.
		
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			It makes us appreciate the good of life.
		
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			If we don't have shukr, then all of
		
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			the good that we have becomes trivial and
		
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			irrelevant, and the smallest negative becomes the biggest
		
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			issue for us.
		
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			It impacts our psyche.
		
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			It impacts our psychology.
		
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			The one who is shakir is the most
		
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			pleasant person to be around, the most optimistic
		
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			person to be around, the one who's always
		
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			cheerful, the one who doesn't have shakir.
		
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			You don't want him around you.
		
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			You don't like this person in your life.
		
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			This person is always looking at the negative.
		
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			So how then do we inculcate shukr?
		
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			Once we understand how important shukr is, once
		
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			we understand Allah created us to separate the
		
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			shakir from the kafur, and Allah wants to
		
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			see shukr, now the question arises, how does
		
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			one demonstrate shukr?
		
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			How does one bring about shukr into our
		
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			hearts?
		
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			Multiple things can be said here.
		
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			And of them, it all begins from the
		
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			perception, from the niyyah, from the qalb.
		
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			Everything begins from your own perception.
		
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			We learn in the Qur'an that when
		
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			Suleyman a.s. saw the blessings Allah has
		
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			given him, when Suleyman looked around and he
		
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			saw all of the wealth and the power
		
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			and the might, the first thing that he
		
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			said, he said, All of this is from
		
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			Allah's blessings upon me.
		
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			All of this is Allah's fadl.
		
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			I didn't deserve it.
		
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			I didn't earn it.
		
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			I was not able to acquire it myself.
		
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			Allah gave it to me.
		
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			It is an attitude.
		
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			It is a paradigm shift.
		
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			Everything begins from how you look at the
		
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			world.
		
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			When Suleyman a.s. sees all of these
		
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			blessings, there's no arrogance, there's no entitlement, there's
		
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			no I earned this, I deserve this.
		
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			Contrast this with Qarun.
		
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			Contrast this with that multi-billionaire whom Allah
		
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			mentions in the Qur'an being so wealthy
		
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			that the keys to his treasure chest could
		
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			not be lifted except with a group of
		
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			men.
		
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			When Qarun saw his wealth and somebody said
		
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			to him, you should be thankful.
		
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			Qarun said, I did this from my own.
		
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			This is my skill.
		
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			I was able to acquire my wealth.
		
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			I know how to do business.
		
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			This is my talents that got all of
		
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			this.
		
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			Contrast Qarun when Qarun says, I did all
		
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			of this from Suleyman.
		
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			Even though Suleyman had much more than Qarun.
		
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			Suleyman had the wealth, the power of the
		
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			jinn, the power of the creation, the power
		
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			of the animals.
		
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			Suleyman had the wind on his back.
		
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			Suleyman had all of the armies, people couldn't
		
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			even imagine of what use is gold and
		
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			silver when you have the power of nature.
		
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			And still Suleyman said, هذا من فضل ربي.
		
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			This is from my Lord.
		
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			And Allah gave it to me.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Not because I am so pious, even though
		
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			he was pious.
		
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			Not because I'm so holy, even though he
		
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			was holy.
		
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			But he realized, هذا من فضل ربي ليبلوني
		
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			أشكر أم أكفر.
		
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			This is from Allah's blessings so that Allah
		
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			tests me.
		
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			Am I grateful to Allah?
		
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			Or am I ungrateful to Allah?
		
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			It's all about the paradigm shift.
		
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			When Qarun was ungrateful, Allah took all of
		
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			his wealth in a millisecond and the people
		
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			saw.
		
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			And when Suleyman was grateful, Allah gave him
		
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			even more power and Izzah.
		
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			When Suleyman demonstrated shukr, it only increased his
		
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			power and Izzah.
		
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			And when Qarun demonstrated ingratitude, Allah took it
		
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			away in a millisecond.
		
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			So learn from these lessons and understand, shukr
		
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			is what changes all of this.
		
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			One of our scholars of the past, a
		
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			great scholar and linguist, his name is Al
		
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			-Fayru Zabadi.
		
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			Al-Fayru Zabadi said, that there are five
		
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			levels of shukr, or I should say five
		
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			pillars of shukr.
		
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			That there are manifestations of shukr that need
		
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			to be demonstrated in five different areas.
		
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			And of course this is one interpretation, Al
		
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			-Ghazali has others, and other scholars have given
		
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			others.
		
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			But for our khutbah today, let's use Al
		
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			-Fayru Zabadi's categorization in order to get an
		
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			appreciation of how we have the attitude of
		
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			shukr.
		
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			He says, number one, the first manifestation of
		
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			shukr is that the heart must be humbled
		
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			to the one who has given you everything.
		
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			Shukr begins with humility, not arrogance.
		
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			Number one, there must be humility, not entitlement.
		
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			And I just gave you the example of
		
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			Sulaiman versus Qarun.
		
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			Sulaiman was humble, Qarun was arrogant.
		
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			So it begins, number one, with a sense
		
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			of appreciation and humility.
		
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			I didn't deserve this.
		
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			Allah blessed me with this wealth, this health,
		
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			my family, my children, all of this, Allah
		
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			gave it to me.
		
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			I did not earn it, it is Allah's.
		
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			So you begin, number one, with humility, humbling
		
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			yourself, appreciating that Allah has given it to
		
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			you.
		
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			Number two, once that humility comes, it should
		
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			then be followed by a genuine sense of
		
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			loving Allah SWT, appreciating the generosity of Al
		
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			-Kareem.
		
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			Because Allah Azza wa Jal is indeed Akramul
		
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			Akrameen.
		
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			And Allah Azza wa Jal has given you
		
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			all of this without even you asking.
		
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			Imagine if you were to ask, how much
		
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			more will He give you?
		
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			And so the second manifestation of shukr is
		
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			that once you have humbled, you now love
		
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			and appreciate, you now have a sense of
		
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			awe, you have a sense of genuine iman,
		
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			and you want to praise Allah, you want
		
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			to worship Allah, because Allah has given all
		
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			of this to you.
		
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			And of course, this notion of appreciating, this
		
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			notion of recognizing that should lead to worship,
		
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			this is very explicit in the Qur'an.
		
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			The first commandment in Surah Al-Baqarah, يَا
		
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			أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أُعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقُهُمْ وَالَّذِينَ مِن
		
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			قَبْلِكُمْ O mankind, worship the one who created
		
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			you and all those before you.
		
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			Allah created you, so worship Him in return.
		
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			Allah gave you all of this, and so
		
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			have that ubudiyyah to Allah SWT.
		
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			So the second manifestation is your heart should
		
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			then be full of awe, of humility, of
		
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			love, of gratitude, and you want to worship
		
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			Allah SWT.
		
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			This should lead to point number three, how
		
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			is worship done?
		
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			Once you have humility, point number one, that
		
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			humility then leads to awe and servitude.
		
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			Point number two, point number three, what is
		
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			servitude?
		
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			What is worship?
		
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			Point number three, obey the commandments of Allah
		
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			by fulfilling the rights of Allah and avoiding
		
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			the prohibitions of Allah SWT.
		
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			Fulfill the commandments of Allah to demonstrate shukr.
		
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			A part of being of the shakireen is
		
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			you obey the sharia of Allah SWT.
		
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			A part of demonstrating shukr is to live
		
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			your life in accordance with the sharia of
		
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			Allah SWT.
		
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			Allah has mandated rituals upon us.
		
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			This is one of the ways to manifest
		
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			shukr, that Allah has given us wealth and
		
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			health and time.
		
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			Every few hours, we take away a few
		
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			minutes and we worship Allah facing the qibla.
		
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			We do wudu, we stand up, we demonstrate
		
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			piety.
		
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			Allah has given us so much wealth.
		
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			Once a year, we are required to give
		
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			a small percentage of that wealth for the
		
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			fuqara.
		
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			Allah has given us so much time.
		
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			One month of that, we dedicate for the
		
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			worship of Allah when it comes to the
		
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			siyam of Ramadan and so on and so
		
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			forth.
		
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			Likewise, committing sins needs to be minimized.
		
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			And if and when a sin is done,
		
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			shukr should cause us to repent as quickly
		
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			as possible from that sin.
		
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			And this leads us to point number four.
		
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			Point number four is that one of the
		
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			greatest manifestations of shukr is to use what
		
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			Allah has given you in the worship of
		
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			Allah and to be ashamed to not use
		
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			what Allah has given you to disobey Allah
		
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			SWT.
		
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			In other words, when Allah has given you
		
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			so much, how can you use what Allah
		
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			has given you to disobey Allah?
		
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			There should be a sense of gratitude in
		
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			demonstrating what Allah has given me, I need
		
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			to give to others as well.
		
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			When Allah has given me wealth, allow me
		
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			to share that wealth with others.
		
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			When Allah has given me health, allow me
		
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			to use that health to benefit other people.
		
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			When Allah has given me time, allow me
		
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			to use that time for other people.
		
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			Likewise, when Allah has given all of these
		
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			blessings, how can I use those blessings to
		
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			disobey Allah SWT?
		
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			There should be a sense of shame that
		
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			I'm not going to use the very gifts
		
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			Allah has given me to disobey Allah SWT.
		
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			And therefore, point number four is to use
		
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			the blessings and give them to others whom
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal, Allah will use you
		
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			to share His blessings and to not use
		
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			Allah's blessings in a way that is not
		
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			befitting.
		
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			And this leads to point number five that
		
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			of the ways, Imam Al-Feruzabadi says that
		
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			you demonstrate shukr, of the ways, is you
		
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			literally think to yourself about how Allah has
		
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			blessed you and you talk to those whom
		
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			you love and trust that they will not
		
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			get jealous.
		
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			And you remind them, i.e. for example,
		
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			remind your family of Allah's blessings on all
		
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			of you.
		
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			Remind your loved ones of Allah's blessings so
		
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			that you don't take it for granted.
		
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			And Imam Al-Feruzabadi says, this is based
		
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			on the verse, وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ Ask
		
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			for Allah's blessings, tell it to other people.
		
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			And our Prophet ﷺ said, that tell the
		
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			blessings to those whom you love.
		
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			We don't brag and boast about blessings, but
		
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			there are people who love us, we love
		
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			them back.
		
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			And amongst those whom we can trust, we
		
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			don't take these blessings for granted.
		
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			And it is a part of demonstrating shukr
		
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			that we remind ourselves.
		
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			For example, when you're sitting with family, you
		
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			literally bring up, you say, Alhamdulillah, Allah has
		
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			blessed us with a loving family.
		
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			Just to say it like this is one
		
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			of the ways you're thanking Allah.
		
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			You're not taking it for granted.
		
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			That you're demonstrating, وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ The
		
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			ni'mat that Allah has given you, mention it
		
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			to other people.
		
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			So these are five manifestations of shukr.
		
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			Ibn Al-Qayyim has a slightly different categorization.
		
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			The concept is the same.
		
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			Ibn Al-Qayyim says, to show shukr to
		
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			Allah SWT implies three things.
		
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			And again, all of these categorizations are valid.
		
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			It's just a matter of how you want
		
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			to express what is shukr.
		
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			Ibn Al-Qayyim says, to show shukr to
		
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			Allah SWT is manifested in three manners.
		
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			It is manifested first and foremost in the
		
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			heart, and then in the tongue, and then
		
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			in the body.
		
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			It begins from the qalb, and then it
		
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			moves on to the tongue, and then it
		
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			is completed in the body.
		
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			And so Ibn Al-Qayyim says, the qalb,
		
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			the heart, is the repository of shukr.
		
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			Because in the heart, you acknowledge Allah's blessings
		
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			upon you, and you show the sense of
		
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			thankfulness and appreciation and humility.
		
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			And it is similar to Imam Al-Firuzabadi
		
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			when he says, it begins with humility.
		
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			Ibn Al-Qayyim says, it begins with the
		
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			qalb, the same thing.
		
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			Then, when the qalb acknowledges what Allah has
		
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			given you, the tongue will automatically move in
		
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			praising Allah.
		
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			The tongue will automatically move in thanking Allah.
		
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			Alhamdulillah.
		
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			And he mentions the story of Nuh A
		
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			.S. that our Prophet S.A.W. said,
		
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			Nuh A.S. was so thankful to Allah
		
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			that not a single sip of water could
		
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			he take except that he would say, Alhamdulillah
		
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			for that sip.
		
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			And not a single morsel of food except
		
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			that his tongue would say, Alhamdulillah.
		
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			Not for every meal, for every morsel, for
		
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			every time something enters his mouth, he would
		
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			say, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah.
		
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			So conscious of Allah.
		
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			So begins with the qalb, moves on to
		
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			the tongue, and then Ibn Qayyim says, it
		
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			is perfected in the body when the body
		
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			becomes the perfect worshipper of Allah.
		
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			When the body outwardly and inwardly, it becomes
		
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			pious and muttaqi, and ihsan is demonstrated.
		
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			This is the highest manifestation of shukr.
		
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			And then he mentions the famous verse in
		
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			the Qur'an, اعملوا آل داوود شكرا وقليل
		
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			من عباده الشكور اعملوا آل داوود شكرا O
		
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			family of Dawood, demonstrate your shukr through your
		
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			amal.
		
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			اعملوا شكرا Ibn Qayyim says, this verse shows
		
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			shukr is not just in the heart.
		
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			It's not just in the tongue.
		
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			It must be in the amal.
		
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			اعملوا آل داوود شكرا Show your shukr through
		
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			your good deeds, O family of David.
		
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			Family of David means Dawood and Sulaiman.
		
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			O family of Dawood, show me how thankful
		
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			you are.
		
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			And that showing is done by the amal.
		
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			And so, O Muslims, the concept of shukr
		
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			is one of the primary manifestations of iman.
		
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			When you have iman in Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala, automatically it will be, as I
		
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			said, a paradigm shift.
		
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			You will be grateful for what Allah has
		
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			given you.
		
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			You will be thankful for all the blessings
		
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			you have.
		
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			You will become an optimistic and cheerful person.
		
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			Otherwise, when you don't have shukr, you become
		
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			petty, you become stingy, you become grumbling and
		
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			complaining all the time.
		
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			You become entitled and arrogant.
		
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			And this is not the way of the
		
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			believer.
		
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			O Muslim, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala loves
		
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			the shakireen.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala blesses the
		
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			shakireen.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
		
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			Qur'an, لَإِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ وَلَإِن كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ
		
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			عَذَابِي لَشَدِيدٌ If you are thankful, I will
		
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			give you even more.
		
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			But if you are ungrateful, then know that
		
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			my punishment is very severe.
		
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			We want Allah's blessings.
		
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			We want Allah's pleasure.
		
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			And we seek refuge in Allah from Allah's
		
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			punishment.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless me
		
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			and you with the truth of the Qur
		
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			'an.
		
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			And may He make us of those whose
		
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			verses they understand and applies halal and haram
		
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			throughout our lifespan.
		
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			I ask Allah's forgiveness.
		
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			You as well ask Him for He is
		
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			the Ghafoor and the Rahman.
		
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			Alhamdulillah.
		
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			Alhamdulillah.
		
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			الواحد الأحد الصمد الذي لم يلد ولم يولد
		
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			ولم يكن له كفوا أحد وبعده O Muslims,
		
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			as we look at all of these blessings
		
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			that Allah has given us, without a doubt,
		
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			the greatest blessing that Allah has given us
		
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			is the blessing of Iman.
		
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			The biggest blessing is the blessing of Iman.
		
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			الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا وما كنا لنا
		
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			اهتدى لولا أن هدانا الله And of the
		
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			blessings of Iman is the blessing of the
		
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			Qur'an and the blessing to be in
		
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			the Ummah of the Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			There is no blessing that is greater than
		
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			the blessing of being a Muslim.
		
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			And the blessing of being a Muslim is
		
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			manifested in believing in the Qur'an and
		
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			in believing in the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
		
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			And of the greatest manifestations of appreciating that
		
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			blessing is to live our lives in accordance
		
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			with the Qur'an and the teachings of
		
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			the Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			Also, O Muslim, our Prophet ﷺ gave us
		
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			some practical advice to make sure that we
		
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			show shukr, that we demonstrate shukr.
		
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			Of them, the famous hadith in Ibn Majah,
		
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			where the Prophet ﷺ said, كن قانعا تكون
		
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			أشكر الناس That be content with what Allah
		
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			has given you, you will find yourself the
		
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			most thankful of all mankind.
		
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			Be content, don't be greedy, don't compare yourself
		
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			to those with more than you.
		
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			No, be content and you will find you
		
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			are the most thankful for what you have.
		
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			O Muslim, our blessings are too many.
		
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			Yet when we compare with those who have
		
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			more than us, we trivialize our blessing.
		
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			There is no blessing greater than the blessing
		
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			of Iman.
		
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			Thank Allah for that blessing.
		
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			After that, the blessing of health is the
		
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			most precious blessing.
		
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			Wallahi, of what use is millions or billions
		
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			if you don't have good health.
		
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			So when you have health, be thankful to
		
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			Allah.
		
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			A man came to Hasan Al-Basri and
		
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			he said, Ya Hasan Al-Basri, I am
		
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			impoverished, I have nothing.
		
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			Make dua for me.
		
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			Hasan Al-Basri looked at him and he
		
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			said, You seem healthy and young.
		
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			Would you give me a million gold coins
		
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			for your eyesight?
		
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			The man said, No, of course not.
		
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			Okay, would you give me a million for
		
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			the ability to walk?
		
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			Of course not.
		
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			How about a million for your hands?
		
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			Of course not.
		
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			A million for your health?
		
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			Of course not.
		
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			Hasan Al-Basri said, I see you walking
		
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			around a multi-millionaire and yet you complain
		
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			you don't have anything.
		
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			I see you walking around a multi-millionaire,
		
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			you have health, and yet you are complaining
		
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			you have nothing.
		
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			This is why our Prophet ﷺ said, Be
		
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			grateful, be content with what Allah has given
		
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			you.
		
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			You will be the most thankful of all
		
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			of mankind.
		
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			Be content and don't be greedy, and automatically
		
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			it will lead to a paradigm shift.
		
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			Also, our Prophet ﷺ said, hadith is in
		
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			Tirmidhi, Two things, whoever does them will be
		
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			written amongst the shakireen and the sabireen.
		
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			Two things, if you do them, you're gonna
		
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			be a shakir and a sabir.
		
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			He said, when it comes to this dunya,
		
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			look at those that have less than you,
		
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			and you will be thankful to Allah.
		
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			And when it comes to the religion, look
		
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			at those higher than you, and you will
		
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			strive for excellence.
		
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			This hadith is an important hadith about how
		
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			to be of the shakireen.
		
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			Don't compare yourself to the top 10%, the
		
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			top 1%, the top 0.1%. Compare yourself
		
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			to those who are living in places where
		
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			bombs are dropping.
		
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			Compare yourself to those who don't have three
		
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			meals a day.
		
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			Compare yourself to those who don't have what
		
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			you have.
		
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			And all of a sudden your heart will
		
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			say, Alhamdulillah, I am so fortunate.
		
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			And when it comes to the religion, don't
		
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			look at the drug addict and say, at
		
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			least I'm not like him.
		
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			No, look at the one who's praying fajr
		
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			in the masjid, say, oh, why am I
		
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			not like him?
		
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			Look at the one who's, even though he's
		
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			working just like you, he's also memorizing Quran,
		
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			he's also giving charity, and ask yourself, why
		
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			can't I be like that person?
		
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			Our Prophet ﷺ said, if you follow these
		
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			two characteristics, when it comes to the religion,
		
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			look up.
		
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			When it comes to the dunya, look at
		
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			those whom you have been privileged over.
		
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			Do this, you will be from the shakireen
		
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			and the sabireen.
		
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			And the final point of advice, and again
		
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			khutbahs have to always be concise, there's so
		
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			much more to be said.
		
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			The final point of advice, I remind myself
		
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			and all of you, when you want to
		
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			be of the shakireen, raise your hands to
		
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			Allah SWT, and make dua to Allah to
		
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			make you of the shakireen.
		
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			Our Prophet ﷺ taught Mu'adh ibn Jabal,
		
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			he said, never ever forget to make this
		
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			dua after every single salah.
		
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			What dua?
		
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			Allahumma a'inni ala dhikrika, wa shukrika wa
		
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			husni ibadatik.
		
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			Allahumma a'inni ala dhikrika.
		
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			Oh Allah, help me to remember you, wa
		
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			shukrika, and help me to be thankful for
		
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			you, thankful to you.
		
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			You make dua to Allah, Oh Allah, I
		
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			don't want to be arrogant, I don't want
		
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			to be self-entitled, I don't want to
		
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			be moaning and complaining, I want to be
		
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			grateful, Oh Allah, make me from the grateful.
		
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			So you raise your hands after every single
		
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			salah, and you say, Allahumma a'inni ala
		
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			dhikrika, wa shukrika, wa husni ibadatik.
		
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			When you do all of these things, Wallahi,
		
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			oh Muslim, it won't just help your akhira,
		
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			it will help your dunya as well.
		
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			You will be a better person, you will
		
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			be a more pleasant person, your family, your
		
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			friends are gonna see this difference.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because the barakah, and the blessings of iman,
		
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			and the sweetness of shukr, it is gonna
		
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			be manifested in your own personal life, and
		
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			when you do so, Allah will bless you
		
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			with even more.
		
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			Never forget, la'in shakartum la'azidannakum.
		
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			If you show me shukr, I will give
		
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			you even more, and Wallahi, I want more,
		
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			and you want more.
		
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			I want more from Allah, the way to
		
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			get more from Allah is to show shukr
		
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			to Allah.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us
		
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			of the shakirin.
		
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			Allahumma man aradana aw arada al-islam wa
		
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			al-muslimin bi al-su'in fa ajghilhu
		
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			binafsi waj'ala tadmeerahu fi tadbeerihi ya qawyu
		
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			ya aziz ibadallah inna allaha ta'ala amrakum
		
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			bi amrin badabihi binafsi wathanna bimalakadi qudusi wathallatha
		
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			bikum ayyuhal mu'nuna min jinnihi wa insi
		
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			fa qala azza min qaalin alima inna allaha
		
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			wa malakatu yusallun ala an-nabi ya ayyuhal
		
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			ladhina amanu sallu alaihi wa salimu taslima Allahumma
		
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			salli wa salim wa barik wa an'im
		
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			ala abdik wa rasulika muhammad wa ala alihi
		
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			wa sahbihi ajma'in ibadallah inna allaha ta
		
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			'ala ya'mur bi al-adli wa al-ihsani
		
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			wa ita'idi al-qurba wa yanha an
		
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			al-fahsha'i wa al-munkari wa al
		
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			-baghi ya'idukum la'allakum tadhakarun udhkuru allaha
		
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			al-azheema yadhkurkum washkuruhu yazid lakum wa ladhikru
		
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			allahi ta'ala akbar wa aqim al-salah
		
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			Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest
		
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			I bear witness that there is no god
		
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			but Allah I bear witness that Muhammad is
		
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			the Messenger of Allah Come to prayer, come
		
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			to success Prayer has been established, prayer has
		
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			been established Allah is the greatest, Allah is
		
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			the greatest There is no god but Allah
		
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			There is no god but Allah Leave no
		
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			gaps in your life Allah is the greatest
		
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			There is no god but Allah All praise
		
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			is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds
		
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			The Merciful, the Compassionate Sovereign of the Day
		
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			of Judgment It is You we worship and
		
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			You we ask for help Guide us to
		
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			the straight path The path of those You
		
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			have blessed, not of those who have incurred
		
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			Your wrath, nor of those who have gone
		
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			astray Allah
		
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			is the light of the heavens and the
		
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			earth The likeness of His light is like
		
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			a lamp in which there is a lamp
		
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			The lamp is in glass Glass is like
		
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			a pearly star lit from
		
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			a blessed olive
		
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			tree, neither east nor west Its oil would
		
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			almost be extinguished had the fire not touched
		
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			it Light upon light Allah guides
		
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			to His light whom He wills And Allah
		
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			presents examples for the people, and Allah is
		
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			Knowing of all things Allah is the greatest
		
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			Allah listens to those who praise Him All
		
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			praise is due to Allah, Lord of the
		
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			worlds The Merciful, the Compassionate Sovereign of the
		
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			Day of Judgment It is You we worship
		
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			and You we ask for help Guide us
		
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			to the straight path The path of those
		
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			You have blessed, not of those who have
		
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			incurred Your wrath, nor of those who have
		
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			gone astray Ameen
		
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			Ameen
		
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			Allah is the greatest Allah listens
		
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			to those who praise Him Allah
		
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			is the greatest Allah
		
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			is the
		
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			greatest Peace and
		
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			mercy of Allah be upon you There
		
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			is a very important announcement to make, brothers
		
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			and sisters There are 15 American Muslim doctors
		
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			right now trapped in Gaza Three of them
		
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			are from Dallas One of them is from
		
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			our own community actually, one of our own
		
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			Muslims But he doesn't want his name to
		
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			be known They are supposed to have returned
		
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			a few days ago But the apartheid regime
		
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			is not allowing them to exit after their
		
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			humanitarian stint over there So we ask Allah
		
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			to protect them We ask Allah to allow
		
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			them to finish their job and to return
		
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			safe and sound to their families And also
		
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			inshallah there might be a petition We're trying
		
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			to see what we can do inshallah But
		
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			these are all American Muslim doctors, three of
		
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			them from Dallas And one from our own
		
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			community They are stuck in Gaza right now
		
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			They volunteered to go and help our brothers
		
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			out there, our sisters out there And now
		
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			they are stuck over there So we are
		
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			working behind the scenes to see what we
		
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			can do So you might be getting an
		
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			email if we don't solve the situation To
		
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			petition inshallah our politicians So just awareness of
		
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			this And remember them in your duas inshallah
		
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			May Allah protect them all And bless them
		
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			for their bravery and courage And allow them
		
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			to return safe and sound inshallah