Yasir Qadhi – WHY Justice is Important in Islam

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The history and importance of Islam is discussed, including the creation of the Islam foundation and the use of the symbol "has been." There is a need for everyone to be strong in their beliefs, and justice is emphasized as a right between father and daughter. The speaker discusses the controversy surrounding leather cloak given to the Herds and the failure of their generations to achieve their goals. The speaker also discusses the negative verses in the Q Chevrolet of Allah, including the people who will be sheltered on the day of Islam, the throne who establishes justice, and leaders of the Muslims who are protecting their lives.

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			Allah might allow the unjust person some leeway,
		
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			some time, but Allah will always eventually take
		
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			him.
		
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			And when Allah takes him, Allah grabs him
		
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			by the fist and does not let go.
		
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			Ibn Al-Qayyim mentions that one of the
		
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			most powerful and noble verses in the Qur
		
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			'an is Surah Ali'Imran verse 18, in
		
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			which Allah SWT praises Himself and the angels
		
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			for testifying to the kalima.
		
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			The verse reads, شَهِدَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ
		
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			إِلَّا هُوَ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَأُلُوا الْعِلْمِ قَائِمًا بِالْقِسْطِ لَا
		
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			إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ Allah testifies, لَا
		
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			إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ and the angels testify, and
		
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			the people of knowledge testify, and then Allah
		
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			SWT describes all of them.
		
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			The description, the adjective is, they are standing
		
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			for justice.
		
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			قَائِمًا بِالْقِسْطِ Allah SWT equates standing with justice
		
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			with the kalima.
		
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			Allah SWT praises the concept of fulfilling justice,
		
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			of being fair, of being equitable, of making
		
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			sure there's no injustice.
		
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			Allah SWT equates it with the kalima itself.
		
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			And in fact, O Muslims, we all know
		
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			justice is important, but I feel that many
		
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			of us, we haven't reflected on the status
		
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			the Qur'an gives to justice, on the
		
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			status that Allah SWT has given to the
		
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			concept of being fair, of being just, of
		
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			being equal amongst people regardless of their background
		
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			and circumstances.
		
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			Allah mentions that He created the creation in
		
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			order to establish justice.
		
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			Look at the beginning of Surah Ar-Rahman.
		
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			What does Allah SWT say?
		
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			He talks about creating the creation, teaching Adam
		
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			how to speak.
		
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			He talks about the heavens and the earth.
		
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			And then, وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ أَلَّا تَطْغَوْ فِي الْمِيزَانِ
		
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			Allah says, and I also made the scales
		
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			of justice so that nobody acts in an
		
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			unjust manner.
		
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			Allah Azawajal mentions that He has sent the
		
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			prophets with one of the primary causes to
		
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			establish justice on earth.
		
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			I repeat, Allah sent the prophets, of course
		
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			for tawheed, but for what else?
		
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			To establish justice.
		
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			Go read the Qur'an, Surah Al-Hadeed.
		
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			Allah SWT says, لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَأَنزَلْنَا
		
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			مَعَهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْمِيزَانَ لِيَقُومَ النَّاسُ بِالْقِسْتِ We have
		
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			sent the prophets, we gave them miracles, we
		
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			gave them the books, and we also taught
		
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			them the mizan, justice.
		
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			Why?
		
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			لِيَقُومَ النَّاسُ بِالْقِسْتِ So that all of mankind,
		
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			they act in a manner that is just.
		
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			And Allah SWT summarizes the entirety of the
		
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			religion of Islam, the entirety of the call
		
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			of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ when he says,
		
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			فَلِذَٰلِكَ فَدْعُ Call the people to this call
		
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			of Islam.
		
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			وَاسْتَقِمْ كَمَا أُمِرْتَ And be firm as I
		
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			have commanded.
		
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			وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ وَقُلْ آمَنْتُ بِمَا أَنزَرَ لَهُمْ
		
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			مِنْ كِتَابٍ وَأُمِرْتُ لِأَعْدِلَ بَيْنَكُمْ Be firm to
		
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			the book of Allah and say to them,
		
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			Allah has commanded me to be just amongst
		
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			all of you.
		
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			وَأُمِرْتُ لِأَعْدِلَ بَيْنَكُمْ The command that Allah has
		
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			given me, the obligation I have is to
		
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			establish justice amongst all of you.
		
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			And Allah praises the Prophet Dawud in the
		
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			Quran, because Allah says, يَا دَاوُودُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاكَ
		
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			خَلِيفَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ فَحْكُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْقِسْطِ O
		
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			Dawud, we have appointed you to be the
		
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			khalifa on this earth.
		
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			So what is the responsibility of the khalifa?
		
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			Why has a khalifa been established?
		
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			What is the goal of establishing the laws
		
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			of Allah on earth?
		
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			Why?
		
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			Make sure you deal with the people with
		
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			justice.
		
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			إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالإِحْسَانِ وَإِتَائِدِ الْقُرْبَى This
		
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			verse, we end every khutbah with.
		
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			The world, every khutbah given in this world,
		
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			it ends with this verse.
		
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			إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ Allah commands that everybody
		
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			be just.
		
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			Justice is one of the primary commandments of
		
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			why Allah sent this religion down, why Allah
		
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			revealed the books, why Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala sent the messengers.
		
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			And all Muslims realize that justice is so
		
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			important that there is no obligation between any
		
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			two people that trumps the reality of justice.
		
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			Justice is more important than any other haqq,
		
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			any other right, any other obligation.
		
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			Read the Quran.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, يَا أَيُّهَا
		
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			الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا O you who believe, قُولُوا قَوَّامِينَ
		
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			لِلَّهِ شُهَدَاءَ بِالْقِصْتِ Stand up for Allah and
		
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			be witnesses to justice.
		
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			And then Allah says, وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ
		
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			عَلَىٰ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا اِعْدِلُوا هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَى And
		
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			make sure if you hate a person, make
		
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			sure that hatred does not cause you to
		
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			act unjustly with this person.
		
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			Allah is saying, even if somebody has done
		
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			dhulm against you, even if somebody has wronged
		
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			you, you do not have the right to
		
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			wrong them back.
		
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			You cannot go beyond what Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala has allowed you.
		
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			And Allah warns you, make sure your own
		
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			hatred does not cause you to act in
		
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			a manner that is unjust.
		
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			اِعْدِلُوا Be just.
		
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			هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَى That is the essence of
		
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			being muttaqi.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in
		
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			the Qur'an, يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا
		
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			قَوَّامِينَ بِالْقِصْتِ شُهَدَاءَ لِلَّهِ O you who believe,
		
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			stand up for justice, witnesses to Allah.
		
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			And then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says
		
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			that, And, وَلَوْ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوِ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْأَقْرَبِينَ
		
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			Even if that justice be something that you
		
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			have to testify against yourself, or even the
		
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			rights of your own parents.
		
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			There is no right in Islam that is
		
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			bigger than the right of the mother, than
		
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			the right of the father.
		
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			There is no haq, there is no maqam
		
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			between two created beings that is higher than
		
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			the maqam of the mother and father.
		
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			But there is a right that is not
		
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			between two people.
		
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			And that is even higher than the right
		
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			between son and mother, the right between father
		
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			and daughter, the right between brother and sister.
		
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			What is that right?
		
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			Allah says, Stand up for justice, even if
		
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			it be against yourselves, or against your mothers
		
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			and fathers and close relatives.
		
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			There is no concession given when it comes
		
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			to justice.
		
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			Treat everybody the way that they should be
		
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			treated, even if it is against the interest
		
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			of your mother and father.
		
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			But if they have done something unjust, then
		
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			you must stand with justice, even against your
		
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			mother and father.
		
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			What greater example is there of the reality
		
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			of justice in this dunya?
		
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			And we learn this from the Qur'an,
		
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			from the seerah, from the lives of the
		
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			sahaba.
		
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			So many instances we can go on and
		
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			on.
		
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			We all know in the seerah, so many
		
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			instances that demonstrate the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam
		
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			taught us to treat people the way they
		
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			deserve to be treated, even if it be
		
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			against family and friends.
		
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			In the famous story of one of the
		
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			noble ladies of Quraysh, she had done a
		
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			crime, and the hudud or the punishment was
		
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			gonna be implemented against her.
		
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			So they tried to get a person whom
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam loved, and that
		
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			is Usama ibn Zaid.
		
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			They tried to say to him, Go and
		
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			make shafa'ah, that you know, this is
		
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			a noble lady, this is a very high
		
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			lady, she has power, she has wealth, maybe
		
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			just for her, let's not apply the punishment
		
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			against her.
		
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			And so when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam
		
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			heard this, he became so enraged, his face
		
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			was red.
		
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			He called the sahaba to the masjid.
		
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			He called a special meeting to teach them
		
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			the reality, when you apply only to the
		
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			poor, when you apply justice only to the
		
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			unprivileged, this is not justice.
		
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			Justice is to everybody.
		
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			He called all of the sahaba, and he
		
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			said to them, I swear by Allah, if
		
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			my own daughter, and he mentioned her by
		
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			name to drive the point home, Fatima binti
		
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			Muhammad, if she were to have stolen, like
		
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			this lady has stolen, I would have applied
		
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			the law against her as well.
		
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			What greater call is there of the importance
		
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			of justice?
		
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			In the seerah we learn, that the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wasallam, he sent one of the
		
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			famous sahaba, Abdullah ibn Rawaha.
		
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			He sent him to take half of the
		
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			taxes for the yahood of Khaibar.
		
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			That was the treaty they had done with
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
		
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			Half of the produce would come.
		
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			So when Abdullah ibn Rawaha came to the
		
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			yahood of Khaibar, they gave him a sumptuous
		
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			meal.
		
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			They treated him like a royal, and then
		
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			they handed him a bag of gold.
		
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			And they kind of winked and they hinted
		
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			that, if you can make a concession, you
		
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			just don't give half and what not.
		
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			Abdullah ibn Rawaha, that famous sahabi, who became
		
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			a shaheed after this, Abdullah ibn Rawaha stood
		
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			up in anger, and he said, you dare
		
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			to bribe me to act in an unjust
		
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			manner?
		
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			Listen to me, oh yahood of Yathrib.
		
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			He said this, Wallahi, there is no one
		
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			more beloved to me on earth than the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
		
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			And there is no one more despised, especially
		
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			after what you have done, than your own
		
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			people.
		
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			And yet still, I will treat you with
		
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			utmost justice.
		
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			Not one penny that you would not have
		
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			taken, I would have taken away from you.
		
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			Because this is what Allah has commanded us
		
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			to do.
		
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			And when they saw Abdullah ibn Rawaha's commitment
		
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			to justice, they said to themselves, this is
		
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			why they have been given victory.
		
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			This is why they have given, they have
		
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			gotten where they have gotten, because they are
		
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			standing for justice.
		
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			And this is the reality of all of
		
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			the great sahaba, of the khulafa ir-rashidun.
		
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			Why do you think Allah blessed them, and
		
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			the later people were not as blessed?
		
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			Why do you think their generations did more
		
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			conquest, even though militarily, they didn't have what
		
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			the later generations had?
		
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			They didn't have the training.
		
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			They didn't have the weapons.
		
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			They didn't have anything that later generations had.
		
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			And yet still, the defeats of the Roman
		
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			Empire, the defeats of the Persian Empire, the
		
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			expansion of Islam, it happened under their watch.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because of their justice.
		
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			So many anecdotes that are authentically narrated in
		
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			our books.
		
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			Once Umar ibn al-Khattab r.a, a
		
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			large piece of cloth had come from the
		
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			Romans, and it was a very fancy cloth.
		
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			The Arabs couldn't produce at that time.
		
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			So he divided it equally amongst all of
		
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			the people, and he got to share as
		
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			well.
		
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			But that share wasn't enough to make an
		
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			entire garment.
		
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			Next week, Umar ibn al-Khattab is giving
		
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			the khutbah, and lo and behold, from that
		
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			cloth, that unique cloth, he has the entire
		
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			garment of a thawb.
		
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			One of the people stood up, and he
		
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			said, O Umar r.a, fear Allah, you
		
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			have acted unjustly.
		
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			He said, what have I done?
		
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			They said, look, that garment you distributed, it
		
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			was not enough to make a cloak.
		
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			It was not enough to make an entire
		
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			kameez.
		
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			It was just to make a shirt.
		
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			You have a thawb.
		
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			How did you get more than the rest
		
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			of us?
		
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			And Umar ibn al-Khattab said, where is
		
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			my son Abdullah?
		
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			Abdullah said, here I am, ya abati.
		
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			He said, stand up and explain to them.
		
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			Abdullah said, oh, so and so, I gifted
		
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			willingly.
		
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			I gifted my father my share of the
		
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			cloth.
		
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			That is why he is able to make
		
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			an entire thawb.
		
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			And so the man said, in that case,
		
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			you have acted justly.
		
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			I swear to you, O Muslims, I swear
		
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			to you, Umar ibn al-Khattab r.a,
		
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			imagine this, one piece of cloth.
		
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			And the sahabah said, you're acting unjustly, they're
		
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			monitoring.
		
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			Look at, I'm sorry to say, look at
		
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			our rulers of today.
		
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			One cloth, billions of dollars in their pockets,
		
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			looting the entire country for their families and
		
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			whatnot.
		
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			And this is, people are not, they're not
		
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			able to even speak.
		
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			Like that sahabah spoke, one cloth and the
		
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			sahabah put him in check.
		
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			Where did you get that from?
		
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			You're supposed to have justice amongst all of
		
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			us.
		
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			And he agreed and he explained.
		
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			And he said, this was a willing gift
		
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			that my son gave.
		
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			I didn't force him.
		
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			It was not something I acquired that is
		
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			not my right.
		
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			I am the same as all of you.
		
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			This is why Umar ibn al-Khattab's reign
		
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			was blessed.
		
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			And then we don't have that now.
		
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			Even though our armies are bigger, our weapons
		
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			are mightier, but there is no Umar ibn
		
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			al-Khattab r.a establishing justice.
		
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			We can go on and on.
		
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			Ali ibn al-Khattab r.a, it is
		
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			a well-known incident in our books of
		
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			history that somebody broke into his house, stole
		
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			his armor.
		
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			He had a very nice armor he would
		
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			go to war with.
		
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			And he was very hurt at this.
		
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			He loved the armor.
		
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			One day he's walking in the souk and
		
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			he recognizes his armor.
		
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			He sees it is being sold by one
		
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			of the yahood of Kufa.
		
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			He becomes angry.
		
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			He goes, this is my armor.
		
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			How did you get it?
		
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			And the man said, no, no, this is
		
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			mine.
		
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			I bought it.
		
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			He says, I'm going to sue you.
		
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			I'm going to take you to the judge.
		
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			And Ali was the khalifa.
		
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			And the judge was appointed by Ali.
		
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			Shurayh was his name.
		
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			Shurayh al-Qadi.
		
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			And so Ali r.a took him to
		
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			the judge, Shurayh.
		
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			Shurayh is a tabi'i.
		
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			Shurayh is a, you know, he's not a
		
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			companion, but he's a scholar.
		
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			Ali r.a, you know who he is.
		
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			And Ali r.a said to Shurayh, O
		
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			Shurayh, this is my armor.
		
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			You know it as well.
		
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			This is my armor.
		
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			It's recognizable.
		
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			And this man had it.
		
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			It is stolen.
		
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			He stole it.
		
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			And Shurayh said, do you have two witnesses?
		
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			Ali said, are you asking me for witnesses?
		
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			This is my armor.
		
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			I am Ali, the son-in-law of
		
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			the Prophet.
		
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			I am Ali r.a. You don't trust
		
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			me?
		
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			He said, I believe you, but I have
		
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			to judge with justice.
		
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			I believe you, but I cannot judge based
		
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			upon my belief.
		
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			I know you're telling me the truth, but
		
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			unless you produce two witnesses that somebody stole,
		
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			and you know this person stole, I cannot
		
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			give the court ruling against you.
		
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			And Ali r.a could not produce any
		
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			evidence in terms of the two witnesses.
		
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			And so he said to the merchant, he
		
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			goes, this is yours, even though I know
		
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			Ali is telling the truth, but it is
		
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			yours because I have to judge with justice.
		
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			When the merchant saw this, he said, by
		
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			Allah, it is stolen.
		
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			But I could never imagine that a khalifa
		
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			of the Muslims will actually be ruled against,
		
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			and a merchant of another background will be
		
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			ruled in favor.
		
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			This cannot happen except with a religion that
		
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			is from Allah.
		
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			And right there in the court he said,
		
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			أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأشهد أن
		
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			محمد رسول الله This is what you call
		
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			justice.
		
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			Justice, treating people the way that they deserve
		
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			to be treated.
		
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			From the seerah as well, what is حلف
		
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			الفضول?
		
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			What happened in حلف الفضول?
		
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			The Prophet s.a.w. along with the
		
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			other sahaba, along with the other nobles of
		
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			Mecca, agreed to establish justice on the people
		
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			of Mecca.
		
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			All Muslims realize that justice is manifested at
		
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			every single level.
		
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			It is manifested amongst our family, amongst our
		
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			children.
		
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			We treat them equally.
		
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			It is manifested in the corporations, how we
		
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			treat our employees.
		
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			It is manifested amongst our family and friends.
		
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			It is manifested in a societal level.
		
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			At every single level, strive to establish justice.
		
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			And know as Ibn Taymiyyah r.a remarked,
		
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			that justice is so beloved to Allah.
		
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			And he says, look at history to prove
		
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			his point.
		
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			Justice is so beloved to Allah that Allah
		
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			blesses a kingdom.
		
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			Allah blesses a nation that is kafir but
		
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			applies justice.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala despises a
		
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			kingdom or a country that is Muslim but
		
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			does not have justice.
		
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			He says, look at history.
		
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			A country or a kingdom that is fair
		
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			and just, Allah will bless it in this
		
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			dunya, in this dunya.
		
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			For the akhirah is another thing.
		
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			In this dunya, that country, that kingdom will
		
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			be blessed.
		
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			And the country that is Muslim, the kingdom
		
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			that is Muslim but does not establish justice,
		
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			where the rich get away with crimes, where
		
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			the nobility can do things and the peasants
		
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			are charged.
		
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			That kingdom, that country he said, it will
		
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			never flourish in the eyes of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			All Muslims realize that Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala commands for justice and loves justice and
		
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			loves the people of justice.
		
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			Of the verses in the Qur'an that
		
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			Allah mentions those whom He loves, one category.
		
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			And there's only 14 categories.
		
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			One of them, Inna Allaha yuhibbu almuqsateen.
		
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			Wallahu yuhibbu almuqsateen.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala loves the people
		
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			of justice.
		
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			And in the hadith, seven are the people
		
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			who will be sheltered on that day when
		
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			there is no shelter other than the shelter
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			And one of them is the ruler who
		
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			establishes justice.
		
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			All Muslims, examine your own life.
		
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			See if you're treating anybody with injustice.
		
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			See if there's anybody that has any grudge
		
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			against you that is a legitimate grudge.
		
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			The famous scholar Sufiyan al-Thawri remarked, If
		
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			I were to commit 70 major sins between
		
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			me and Allah, it is more easier for
		
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			my conscience to deal with than one minor
		
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			sin that involves injustice between me and another
		
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			person.
		
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			Because I can ask Allah's forgiveness and I
		
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			will expect Allah's forgiveness.
		
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			But how about between me and other person?
		
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			How will that happen?
		
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			70 major sins between me and Allah, it
		
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			is easier for my conscience to deal with
		
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			than one injustice against another person.
		
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			So beware of any injustice.
		
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			Beware of transgressing rights.
		
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			Establish justice in your private lives, in your
		
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			social lives, in your extended family and friends.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will love
		
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			you for this.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless me
		
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			and you with return to the Qur'an
		
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			and He make us of those who His
		
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			verses they understand and applies halal and haram
		
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			throughout our lifespan.
		
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			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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			الحمد لله الواحد الأحد الصمد الذي لم يلد
		
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			ولم يولد ولم يكون له كفوان أحد وبعده
		
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			Injustice can take place at all levels.
		
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			It can take place in the secrecy of
		
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			your house.
		
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			It can take place in inheritance.
		
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			It can take place and nobody knows except
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And all injustices are evil.
		
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			Our Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam said, Beware of
		
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			injustice for it will transform into grief and
		
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			darkness on the day of judgment.
		
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			اتقوا الظلم فإنه ظلمات يوم القيامة Beware of
		
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			dhulm because it will come into dhulmat on
		
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			the day of judgment.
		
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			And our Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam said, Do
		
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			you know who is the bankrupt person?
		
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			They said, Ya Rasulallah, the bankrupt is the
		
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			one who doesn't have enough money to pay
		
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			off his debts.
		
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			He goes, No, that is your bankrupt in
		
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			this dunya.
		
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			For me, the bankrupt person is the one
		
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			who will come on the day of judgment
		
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			with good deeds that are going to the
		
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			mountains.
		
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			حسناتك الجبال Good deeds, you can see them
		
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			all the way to the mountains.
		
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			But he has backbited one person, stolen the
		
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			money of another person, hit another person, taken
		
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			the rights of another person.
		
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			And every single one of them will ask
		
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			for their reward.
		
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			So all of his deeds will be given
		
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			away until nothing will be left and he
		
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			will remain bankrupt.
		
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			That is the bankrupt person on the day
		
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			of judgment.
		
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			Between him and Allah, ibadat.
		
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			Between him and Allah, salah.
		
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			Between him and Allah, Quran.
		
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			Between him and Allah, he thinks he is
		
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			pious.
		
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			Between him and the creation of Allah, nothing
		
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			but injustices.
		
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			And oh Muslims, of the greatest of injustices
		
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			are that which takes place in public when
		
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			everybody can see, when an entire group of
		
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			people are treated unjustly, when the rights that
		
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			are due to any human being are stripped
		
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			away from a person because of their background,
		
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			because of their skin color, because of their
		
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			race.
		
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			Justice does not care about religion.
		
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			Our shari'ah commands us to be just
		
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			with the Muslim and kafir, it doesn't matter.
		
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			With the enemy and the ally, it doesn't
		
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			matter.
		
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			It commands us to be just even against
		
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			the mother and father, it doesn't matter.
		
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			So then what do we say when we
		
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			look at the reality of what is happening
		
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			in Gaza, where the greatest injustice of this
		
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			generation, an entire group of people, 75 years,
		
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			3 to 4 generations of being dispossessed, of
		
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			being misplaced, of being thrown out of their
		
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			lands, of being deprived of every single right
		
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			that any decent human being should have.
		
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			And the world watches and does not do
		
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			anything.
		
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			And now we see for the last year,
		
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			and we are now commemorating, we should not
		
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			say commemorating, even because it is a somber,
		
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			and a sad, and a tragic reality.
		
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			A year has gone by, and the biggest
		
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			genocide of our lifetimes.
		
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			More children have been killed in the last
		
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			12 months than have been killed in the
		
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			last decade on earth.
		
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			More children have been killed in Gaza in
		
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			the last year than the entire world in
		
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			the last decade.
		
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			What greater injustice is there?
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, in particular
		
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			when it comes to children, Allah says on
		
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			that day, what is the day of judgment?
		
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			When the baby will be asked, by what
		
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			crime was this baby killed?
		
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			وَإِذَا الْمَؤُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ بِأَيِّ ذَمْبٍ قُتِلَتْ Of the
		
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			greatest injustices is the killing of people, the
		
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			bombing of people.
		
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			Why is Firaun cursed in the Qur'an?
		
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			Why is Firaun considered to be the worst
		
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			human being who ever lived in the history
		
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			of mankind?
		
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			This is what the Qur'an says, وَيَوْمَ
		
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			الْقِيَامَةِ أَدْخِلُ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَشَدَّ الْعَذَابِ The worst
		
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			punishment of any human being, of all of
		
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			human history will be given to Firaun.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because his injustice was against an entire people.
		
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			He displaced, he tortured, he murdered, he killed
		
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			babies.
		
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			This is why Allah called Firaun the worst
		
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			criminal in all of mankind.
		
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			It is ironic, it is tragic that the
		
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			people whom Firaun did this against, their children,
		
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			their descendants are adopting the tactics of Firaun.
		
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			They have learned from the very person who
		
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			did what they did against him.
		
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			And they are now enacting the exact policies
		
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			of Firaun against innocent people.
		
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			But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is watching.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala never allows
		
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			injustice to flourish.
		
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			Our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, Allah might
		
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			allow the unjust person some leeway.
		
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			Allah might allow him some time.
		
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			But Allah will always eventually take him.
		
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			And when Allah takes him, Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam is
		
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			a metaphor.
		
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			Allah grabs him by the fist and does
		
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			not let go.
		
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			The qabd of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			will not let that person go.
		
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			O Muslims, there is no doubt that the
		
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			injustices we are seeing, Allah will demonstrate His
		
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			reality.
		
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			Justice always prevails on this earth.
		
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			There is no doubt that Allah will bless
		
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			the people who are suffering.
		
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			Allah will bless those who are fighting against
		
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			injustice.
		
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			Human history teaches us this.
		
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			Who are the greatest rulers?
		
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			Even amongst the non-Muslims.
		
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			Even amongst those who don't believe in God.
		
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			Who do they look up to in this
		
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			country?
		
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			The biggest, the greatest president was Abraham Lincoln.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because he stood up for the rights of
		
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			the African-American slaves.
		
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			And he fought his own country to establish
		
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			justice on earth.
		
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			He divided his country.
		
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			He went to war with his own people.
		
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			And at the time, even his own people
		
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			called him a traitor, called him a divider,
		
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			called him a disunification.
		
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			And now look, he is considered to be
		
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			the greatest of all presidents.
		
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			Look at our recent history.
		
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			Which leaders are there that are considered to
		
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			be the greatest leaders amongst all of mankind?
		
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			Martin Luther King Jr. Once again in his
		
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			lifetime, he was considered to be a traitor.
		
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			He was considered to be an agitator.
		
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			And yet now he is considered a hero.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because he stood up for justice.
		
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			Nelson Mandela, perhaps the most respected and admired
		
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			leader in our generation in the last 50
		
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			years.
		
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			Why is he revered?
		
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			Because he stood up for justice.
		
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			Every one of these people in their lifetimes
		
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			was called a terrorist.
		
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			Every one of them was considered to be
		
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			an evil person.
		
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			The media, the politicians, the people thought that
		
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			these are all agitators.
		
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			Do not ever doubt the truth and the
		
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			promise of Allah.
		
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			Allah's promise is always true.
		
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			Injustice will never flourish.
		
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			Tyranny will never be rewarded.
		
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			Allah will judge in the hereafter.
		
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			But even in this world, Allah's truth holds
		
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			firm and the people who were treated unjustly
		
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			will be given dignity even on this earth.
		
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			And those who perpetrated injustice, the tyrants, the
		
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			regime changers, the apartheid fascists, those who killed
		
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			innocent people, it doesn't matter.
		
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			There is a right now.
		
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			It doesn't matter.
		
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			They're purchasing the politicians and their control of
		
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			the media right now.
		
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			All of this is temporary.
		
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			Allah's sunnah will be established and these very
		
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			people will be shamed.
		
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			They will be humiliated.
		
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			No one will respect them even in this
		
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			dunya, much less the akhirah when they will
		
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			meet their faith.
		
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			So the question is not for the future.
		
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			The question, and with this I conclude, when
		
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			we understand justice and the importance of justice
		
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			and why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala prays
		
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			justice, the question then, what are we doing
		
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			to establish that justice?
		
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			Not just in our lives, but amongst the
		
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			Palestinian people after one year has gone by.
		
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			The battle, Allah will win it.
		
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			There's no question.
		
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			But what have we done to be a
		
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			part of the battle?
		
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			What have we done to be on the
		
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			side of truth, on the side of justice?
		
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			Because in the end, that is why Allah
		
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			revealed this religion.
		
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			That is why Allah sent the prophets.
		
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			That is why the books have come down.
		
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			Let us stand with justice.
		
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			Let us never get tired.
		
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			I know a year has gone and some
		
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			people, astaghfirullah, shaitan is coming and saying, one
		
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			year has gone by.
		
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			They feel a sense of fatigue.
		
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			But understand, it's not just about Gaza.
		
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			It's not just about Palestine.
		
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			It's not just about Ardham Muqaddas.
		
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			Even though these are all important, it is
		
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			also about the reality of standing for justice
		
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			and standing against injustice.
		
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			And that is linked to la ilaha illallah,
		
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			Muhammadur Rasulullah.
		
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			And that will never change until the day
		
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			of judgment.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless all
		
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			of us to stand up for the truth
		
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			and justice.
		
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			Allahumma inni da'in fa amminoo.
		
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			Allahumma la tazana fi yawmi dhanban illa ghafarta
		
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			wa la hamman illa farrajta wa la dainan
		
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			illa qadayta wa la mareedan illa shafayta wa
		
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			la aseeran illa yassarta.
		
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			Allahumma ghafil lana wa li ikhwanina allatheena sabaquna
		
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			bil iman wa la taj'a fi qulubina
		
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			ghillal allatheena amanoo.
		
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			Rabbana innaka ra'ufur raheem.
		
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			Allahumma a'iza al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen.
		
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			Allahumma a'iza al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen.
		
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			Allahumma man arada al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen
		
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			fa jghilhu binafsih wa ja'al tadmeerahu fitadbeerihi.
		
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			Ya qawiyu ya aziz.
		
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			Ibadallah.
		
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			Inna Allah ta'ala ya'muru bil-adli wa
		
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			al-ihsani wa ita'idil-qurba wa yanha
		
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			'an al-fahsha'i wa al-munkari wa
		
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			al-baghi.
		
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			Ya'idukum la'allakum tathakkaroon.
		
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			Udhkuru Allah al-Azim yadhkurukum wa ashkuruhu yadlilakum
		
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			wa ladhkuru Allah ta'ala akbar.
		
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			Wa aqimis salat.
		
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			Sadaqallahul Aliyyul Azim.
		
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			Al-Fatiha.