Yassir Fazaga – Friday Khutbah 29-03-2024

Yassir Fazaga
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The Arabic community struggles with abuse and cruel behavior, but Speaker 1 emphasizes the importance of speaking out against actions and seeking more evidence. The speakers also discuss the negative impact of racism and the need for a culture of peace and cooperation. The success of the community is highlighted, including a focus on dehumanizing behavior and promoting the truth. The speakers stress the importance of letting people know their love for the truth and bringing their own numbers to vote, as well as the need for participation in social and educational activities to address youth violence. They also provide information on a surprise guest and a program for those interested in donating.
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Before we before we start our Khutba, we

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do have some good news for our community.

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Sister Natasha, Insha'Allah, will be taking her Shahadah.

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Sister Natasha, are you

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there? Turn on turn on her mic.

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So, Natasha, you're doing this by your own

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free will?

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I am. Nobody's forcing you, deceiving you into

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doing this? No.

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Okay. So we will say the first in

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the Arabic language.

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You repeat after me, and then we will

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say it in English.

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Muhammadan

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Rasulullah.

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I bear witness

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that no one

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is worthy of worship

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but Allah.

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And I bear witness

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And as of right now, she is our

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sister both in faith as well as in

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humanity.

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Sisters, please do welcome her back.

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May our community be a good addition to

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Natasha,

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and may Natasha be a good addition to

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our community.

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In the name of Allah, the compassionate,

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the most merciful.

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All praise is due to Allah.

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We bear witness that no one is worthy

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of worship but Allah.

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And we bear witness that Muhammad sallallahu

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alaihi wasallam is indeed his final messenger.

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The best of speech is a book of

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Allah,

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the best of guidance

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is the guidance of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam.

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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us amongst

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those who listen to the best of speech,

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the book of Allah and follow its commandments.

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And may Allah

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make us amongst those who come to know

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the best of ways,

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the way of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam,

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and make us amongst His followers.

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So before that, if you recite Surah Al

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Baqarah,

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the 40th verse,

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read a 100 verses afterwards

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and you will see that it is nothing

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but a continuous,

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constant,

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persistent,

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insistent

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documentation

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of the most failed nation

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that was destined to be a good nation,

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but they failed and they failed miserably.

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We're talking about some of the followers of

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Musa alaihis salam

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where Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala constantly speaks about

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them.

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How Allah has sent them numerous messengers,

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numerous chances,

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plethora of evidence.

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Many things over and over again

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for them to be guided, but they refuse

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to do so.

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But then one of the most interesting attributes

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about these people,

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said about them, and

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we can see this in light of what

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is

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Allah then says that after all these evidence,

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your hearts became like rock. Their heart like

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stone.

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And their language is very interesting because Allah

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is not speaking about them.

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Allah is not speaking

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to them.

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And there is a difference between speaking about

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them

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and speaking to them.

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Now Allah tells them, those who are living

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right now,

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That your hearts are hard like stone.

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They are like rocks.

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And then the Quran says,

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Nay, it is even harder than stone.

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Why stone?

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You cannot bring life to a stone.

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It won't hold water.

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It cannot

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similarly there is no spiritual life that can

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come out of a hard heart.

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You cannot grow life out of it. There

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is no vegetation

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expected

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out of a stone.

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So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, your hearts

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are hard like stones.

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Man, these people are cruel.

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These people are so unbelievably

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50%

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of the population in Gaza are children. These

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are people under 18 years old. Yet they

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have dropped the equivalent of 2 nuclear bombs

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on them.

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They know they're killing children.

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They don't mind it.

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In fact, many promoted.

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60%

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of Israeli citizens believe that the IDF is

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not using enough force on the Palestinians in

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Gaza.

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A 60%

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man,

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who despite seeing all that which is happening,

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they believe that is not enough. Give them

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more.

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Or like that idiot said, give them *.

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The Jazeera reporter speaks.

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He's looking into Nasirah

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hospital and he's interviewing people and one of

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the ambulances,

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an 11, 12 year old boy comes out

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holding a bag.

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And as they're attending to him the reporter

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goes to him and asks about how he

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is doing.

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And then she sees that there is blood

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dripping out of the bag, And he's holding

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the bag onto his chest and she and

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he

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said, do you know what's in this bag?

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What's what's in your bag, babe? What's in

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your bag? I said, in this bag

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is my little brother.

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And he opens the bag,

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and they both cannot believe what he just

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saw.

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Calling the doctor and

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the doctor is shocked.

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11 year old baby

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taking his 5 year old baby

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in a

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bag.

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Reminding people of what happened in Japan in

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Nagasaki.

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Kid is carrying his brother on his back.

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The brother is dead

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and somebody said put him down. He is

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heavy.

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And the young boy looked at him and

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he said, he is not heavy.

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He is my brother.

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He is not heavy.

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He is my brother. Man these people are

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cruel beyond belief. Wallahi these people have hearts

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of stone.

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May Allah destroy them You Rabbi Alemi.

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These people are cruel.

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Despite all they see,

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they don't mind it.

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Cruelty is

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is the most unnatural

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abhorrent

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quality character for anybody to have. May Allah

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save us all, You Rabbil 'alameen.

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Their doctors

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sign papers to

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encouraging their government to bomb the hospitals.

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Their children and the young generation are the

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ones that are blocking

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the aid from entering hazah.

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Children are dying of malnutrition.

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They're being burnt alive. They're dying of malnutrition

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and they say that one of the most

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painful ways to die for children is being

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malnourished.

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A doctor speaks about how she worked in

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a ward

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with malnourished children, and she said that floor

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was the quietest floor. Despite the fact that

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it was full of children,

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it was the quietest floor

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because malnourished

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children

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don't even have the energy to cry.

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They can't cry.

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They're too weak to cry.

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Allah tells us about them.

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You read the Quran,

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and Allah tells us something else about them.

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There is this sense

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of mazkena.

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You know when you say,

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people understand

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the word poor.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, a stamp of

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poverty

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is being placed on these people.

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I said, Wait a minute.

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I know I believe the Quran

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but these people are not poor.

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These people are very rich

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And these people are not weak.

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They're extremely

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influential.

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Yet Allah says that there is a chronic

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that is stamped upon them.

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And that

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is not poverty.

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It is a constant

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state of

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victimhood.

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They cannot speak about themselves but they are

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victims.

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And subhanallah, the combination of cruelty

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and victimhood

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is a weird compilation.

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It's a weird combination

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because on the one hand you are so

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cruel, on the other hand you are a

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victim. So eventually what happens to you is

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that you become offended by anything and everything

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as a victim. Anything offends them. This offends

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them.

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You wear a kufi, it offends them.

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They're offended by anything.

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And because of their cruelty,

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they're ashamed of nothing.

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The worst combination.

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Offended by everything,

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ashamed of nothing.

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On the one hand you're so cruel

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and on the other hand you must always

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play this victim chord.

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Rabbi is asked, Rabbi, can you please define

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to us what is anti Semitism so that

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we have a working definition to work with?

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What does he say? Well, 2000 years ago,

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he's taken us back 2000 years ago,

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constantly

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playing this role of a victim. It is

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nauseating.

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It is nauseating.

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But see, something happens there.

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See, occupation

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necessitates repression.

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Repression

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necessitates

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violence,

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and violence and repression and occupation

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can only lead to hate.

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Do not blame the Palestinians if they hate

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them.

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Do not blame decent people of the world

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to despise and hate these people.

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Some type of hate

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is righteous

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Because it tells us that your heart is

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alive. You're not desynthesized

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to the pain of other people.

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And you dislike what you see. You hate

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what you see.

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And it's okay not to have any iota

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of mercy or compassion towards these people because

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they're not worthy of it.

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They have hearts

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like stone.

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Nay, they're even harder than stone.

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And then the Quran tells us,

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and this is the most mind boggling thing.

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The level of arrogance. None these people are

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arrogant.

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They're arrogant.

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And their arrogance

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is

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literally mind blowing.

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Chosen people of God constantly repeating about themselves,

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chosen the people of God. We're chosen people

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of God. The Quran documents to us that

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these people thought that they were so brilliant

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that they can outsmart

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Allah

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I remember a sister.

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She said, she came from a Jewish background,

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she said, you know, whenever I was studying

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the Torah,

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I believed that I was smarter than God.

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We had a meeting with a rabbi once,

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and please

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let's be clear, this is this is by

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no means, this is not the best of

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Jewish

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theology here.

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We're meeting with a rabbi, so I said,

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you know rabbi, we we, in Islam,

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in Muslim tradition,

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the Muslim tradition is very critical of the

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Jewish community, especially the Jewish theological community,

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where people only want to

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abide to the letter of the law but

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not to the spirit of the law.

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Said you know, I was just told that

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in the occupied land of Palestine,

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some of the non practicing Jews who come

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from Poland and and and Russia and these

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places, they're not practicing and and they eat

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things that are not kosher, and and they

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raise pigs in Palestine, and it is illegal

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according to the book of Leviticus

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to raise pigs in the land of Palestine.

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You may not raise pigs in the land

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of Palestine.

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And as I was to tell him the

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story, the rabbi finished my story. He said,

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oh, easy. So the rabbi told them to

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build a platform so now the pigs are

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technically not on the land of Palestine.

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Then he said, Imam let me put it

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this way so that you understand.

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If there is a will, there is a

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rabbi.

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He said, let me explain it to you.

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This is him talking now, quoting the rabbi

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directly. He said,

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see, God gave us the law

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and said you interpret the law.

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And here's what we tell God, Wallahi this

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is happening in the Masjid. He waves his

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finger like this and he said we tell

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God to stay out of it, stay out

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of it. You gave it to us, stay

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out of it.

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The level of arrogance is unbelievable.

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Which explains

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why

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genocide is happening right now. See, genocide does

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not happen at once.

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In order for genocide to take place,

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you must dehumanize

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the other.

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You must dehumanize,

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you must trivialize,

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you must demonize

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so that you can kill the other. And

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in the process you must continuously

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feel superior about yourself.

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So Allah

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tells us that this level of arrogance

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that these people have is just unmatched.

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So do not blame them for hating.

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And

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again,

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the good news that comes out of this,

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because see believers,

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we acknowledge the atrocities,

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we acknowledge the difficulties,

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but ultimately

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believers we're not downers.

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We don't talk about this so that we

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suck the energy out of one another.

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We do not suck the optimism out of

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one another. Say, man,

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these people have relentlessly

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been bombing the people of Gaza for the

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past over 170

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days. That's been going on for a long

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time.

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They've dropped the equivalent of 2 nuclear bombs

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on these people. And what happens?

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They may have broken their homes,

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but they did not break their spirits.

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You don't see them running around saying, oh,

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please forgive us. Please do this. I say,

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look man, we're gonna die, and we're gonna

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die here.

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Say that now time,

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this is the worst time

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or to be a parent in Gaza.

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This is the worst time to be a

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parent in Gaza.

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Because unfortunately

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what is happening is that, they say that

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the easiest thing to happen to you in

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Gaza nowadays is to die.

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What is difficult is

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to stay alive.

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And these people don't care.

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These people do not care.

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But what has happened is that the world

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is awakening,

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and not only the Palestinians are liberating Gaza,

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but they're also liberating

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people outside of Gaza.

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State department officials

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who work on human rights organizations

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in the Middle East. What do they do?

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They're resigning.

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Ned Shell, today she had an

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interview.

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And in it she said, whenever I told

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my colleagues that I am going to resign

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and I'm going to go public with my

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resignation, please speak up. There are so many

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of us here who are not happy with

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this. Please speak up. Please speak up for

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us.

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So what we see, there is that sense

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of awakening that is taking place

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and we love it

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because ultimately

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this awareness

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is what is going to grant people freedom

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ultimately.

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So not only the people of Gaza are

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fighting for their own freedom

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but ultimately

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they're also fighting for our freedom as well.

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May Allah

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grant them that freedom. And may Allah grant

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us that freedom.

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The month of Ramadan,

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one of the aims of it is to

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make a spiritual warrior

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out of a believer.

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You and

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I and my sister up there, we as

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a result of having gone through this month

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of Ramadan, we are supposed to emerge as

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spiritual

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warriors.

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These are people who have a cause

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and their cause is to please Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala.

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And a spiritual warrior

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is morally

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upright.

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You can't be an activist

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be chasing cutie pies.

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If you are an activist or whatever it

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is that you call yourself, whatever name you

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give yourself,

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an activist on this path,

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on the path of righting the wrong is

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a spiritual warrior.

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They are morally

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upright.

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A spiritual warrior,

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one of their signs is that they imbibe

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the concept

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of zud.

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Good healthy

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asceticism.

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Despite the fact that you have access to

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comfort,

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you choose not to partake in it.

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That is how spiritual warriors

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win.

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Because see

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when your enemy is too materialistic

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and you choose to play, to play the

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game that your enemy does, if you're materialistic

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everybody has a price.

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But what happens if a person has a

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concept of zood? They have no attachment to

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things,

00:29:08 --> 00:29:10

they have no attachment to duniya.

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You can't buy them because they're not interested.

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They have no attachment to duniya, to this

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life, They're not afraid of

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death.

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As one of them put it, he said,

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how do you deal with somebody who looks

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at your burial, your gun's burial,

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and they see paradise through it. How do

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you deal with that?

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That is a spiritual

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warrior.

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Spiritual warrior is a person of courage.

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With all due respect to my brothers and

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sisters, we have been cowards for a long

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time.

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We say the Quran is a brave book

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that is read by a lot of cowards.

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That is us.

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We're constantly trying to be politically correct. Constantly

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trying to pay attention to this and don't

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say that way and don't say this and

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It is Why?

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Why?

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If you believe

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that this is the truth, then you must

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speak it.

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You must believe it and you must live

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it.

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Because truth is not about popularity,

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contest.

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That is not what you're looking for. With

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all due respect to public opinion, the idea

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ultimately is to wake people up. But if

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truth was so easily seen,

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this would not be how we would be

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acting

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and behaving.

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May Allah subhanahu wa'ala make us of those

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who love the truth

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and propagate the truth, You Rabbal Alameen.

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May we emerge as

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spiritual warriors out of this month of Ramadan,

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You Rabbal Alameen.

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People of Gaza

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are in need of many things.

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Be it our prayers,

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be it our help

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when

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when the borders are open that have been

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illegally

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and humanely

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blocked.

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We, depending on where we are, let's do

00:31:06 --> 00:31:07

our part.

00:31:08 --> 00:31:09

Let's do our part.

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Part of what we are urging our community

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to do is

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register to vote, people.

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Register to vote.

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It is very important. See, remember, if you

00:31:21 --> 00:31:22

don't care about politics,

00:31:23 --> 00:31:25

politicians who don't care about you are going

00:31:25 --> 00:31:27

to be ruling you.

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You can say I don't care about policy.

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Fine.

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But the people in charge will not care

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about you.

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So

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please register to vote.

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This is an election year and that becomes

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one way of fighting.

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Remember a spiritual warrior is in every front.

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Trying to do the right thing wherever we

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are planted

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we blossom.

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On your way inshallah, on your way out,

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our young brothers and sister from PVS will

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be holding this card.

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It has a barcode on it. On your

00:32:01 --> 00:32:03

way out, scan the barcode,

00:32:03 --> 00:32:04

register to vote

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because numbers

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are power.

00:32:09 --> 00:32:11

What good are the numbers if the people

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are not registered to vote? Why would a

00:32:13 --> 00:32:15

politician want to come and listen to you

00:32:15 --> 00:32:16

if they know that you're not a registered

00:32:16 --> 00:32:18

voter? Why would they do that?

00:32:19 --> 00:32:20

So what we want to do is that

00:32:20 --> 00:32:22

we want to say, look, man, we're going

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to translate our numbers into

00:32:24 --> 00:32:26

votes, But it all begins with

00:32:27 --> 00:32:29

you registering to vote, so inshallah, on your

00:32:29 --> 00:32:31

way out, make sure that you put this

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thing,

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scan it, and make sure that you and

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make sure that you vote insha Allah.

00:32:37 --> 00:32:38

Like we said,

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What we are hoping for is,

00:32:46 --> 00:32:48

like we said we want to emerge as

00:32:49 --> 00:32:50

people who love the truth.

00:32:51 --> 00:32:53

The book of Allah, the word haqq is

00:32:53 --> 00:32:54

mentioned in 256

00:32:55 --> 00:32:56

different places.

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The reader of the Quran is a lover

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of truth,

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and that's what we want to see come

00:33:02 --> 00:33:05

out of us. People who love the truth,

00:33:05 --> 00:33:08

promote the truth, and work for the and

00:33:08 --> 00:33:09

work for the truth.

00:33:10 --> 00:33:11

May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us amongst

00:33:11 --> 00:33:13

those who have been accepted in this month

00:33:13 --> 00:33:13

of Ramadan.

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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala alleviate the sufferings

00:33:17 --> 00:33:18

of the people of Ghazair.

00:33:19 --> 00:33:21

And may the vengeance of Allah be upon

00:33:21 --> 00:33:23

all of those who are bringing destruction upon

00:33:23 --> 00:33:23

them,

00:33:24 --> 00:33:26

If any of us or our loved ones

00:33:26 --> 00:33:28

are going through difficult times, may Allah ease

00:33:28 --> 00:33:29

our pain. If any of us or our

00:33:29 --> 00:33:32

loved ones are not feeling well, may Allah

00:33:32 --> 00:33:34

grant all of us a full and speedy

00:33:34 --> 00:33:36

recovery. If any of us or our loved

00:33:36 --> 00:33:38

ones have lost their way, may Allah Subhanahu

00:33:38 --> 00:33:40

Wa Ta'ala bring us back to His way

00:34:28 --> 00:34:30

Injallah, please after the salah, remain seated for

00:34:30 --> 00:34:33

no longer than 3 minutes. We will be

00:34:33 --> 00:34:34

appealing to our community

00:34:35 --> 00:34:37

about, fundraising for the operations of MIC.

00:34:38 --> 00:34:39

A lot of good is coming out of

00:34:39 --> 00:34:41

this place and we want everybody to participate

00:34:41 --> 00:34:42

in it, Insha'Allah.

00:38:37 --> 00:38:40

The community has been very generous and Insha'Allah

00:38:40 --> 00:38:41

like we said for the next 3 minutes,

00:38:41 --> 00:38:43

Sheikh Mohammed will be making an appeal Insha'Allah.

00:38:45 --> 00:38:45

To

00:38:51 --> 00:38:53

Anyone that comes from outside Memphis, even if

00:38:53 --> 00:38:56

they're just visit visiting us briefly. One thing

00:38:56 --> 00:38:58

they find very impressive

00:38:58 --> 00:39:01

besides the beautiful accomplishment in this beautiful campus

00:39:01 --> 00:39:03

that we have is really the people. The

00:39:03 --> 00:39:04

people here in this,

00:39:04 --> 00:39:06

you know, beautiful

00:39:06 --> 00:39:08

community. So inshallah,

00:39:08 --> 00:39:10

just for you to know what we've been

00:39:10 --> 00:39:12

doing and what we intend to do inshallah,

00:39:12 --> 00:39:14

because what makes a center is really the

00:39:14 --> 00:39:15

operations and the activities.

00:39:16 --> 00:39:19

Doctor Adnan Nasir doctor Adnan Nasir, insha Allah

00:39:19 --> 00:39:21

our chairperson is going to go over a

00:39:21 --> 00:39:23

quick presentation. I just want you to pay

00:39:23 --> 00:39:24

attention to that.

00:39:28 --> 00:39:30

I just need a few minutes of your

00:39:30 --> 00:39:32

time and divided attention, please.

00:39:32 --> 00:39:34

Brother Laith, can you have the slides on?

00:39:35 --> 00:39:36

So,

00:39:36 --> 00:39:38

we are sitting in a beautiful

00:39:38 --> 00:39:41

family life center, our Memphis Islamic Center. We

00:39:41 --> 00:39:44

are enjoying the month of Ramadan and the

00:39:44 --> 00:39:45

blessings of Ramadan.

00:39:45 --> 00:39:49

And we are making full use of our

00:39:49 --> 00:39:49

facility.

00:39:50 --> 00:39:51

And you can see the expansive

00:39:52 --> 00:39:52

and

00:39:53 --> 00:39:56

beautiful indoor and outdoor facilities that we have,

00:39:56 --> 00:39:56

the outdoor,

00:39:57 --> 00:40:00

sports, facilities that our youth and adults

00:40:01 --> 00:40:04

both are using soccer field and, so on.

00:40:05 --> 00:40:08

As far as the indoor facilities goes,

00:40:08 --> 00:40:09

this facility

00:40:09 --> 00:40:13

is used by every member of the family,

00:40:13 --> 00:40:14

whether it is an adult

00:40:15 --> 00:40:17

who comes in here and prays and

00:40:17 --> 00:40:18

learns and,

00:40:19 --> 00:40:20

gets benefits,

00:40:20 --> 00:40:22

from our shayuk,

00:40:22 --> 00:40:24

or it's, the sisters who have their own

00:40:24 --> 00:40:25

classes

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with the shiur, they have their own halakat.

00:40:28 --> 00:40:30

The youth, they go through

00:40:30 --> 00:40:31

character building

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and different educational activities, social activities.

00:40:35 --> 00:40:36

The kids

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who also socialize,

00:40:38 --> 00:40:40

play and learn at the same time, they

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go to the Manara School.

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So all this

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is possible,

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because of, the facilities that we have here.

00:40:54 --> 00:40:54

So

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we are also a regional,

00:40:57 --> 00:41:00

spiritual, spiritual center. So as some of you

00:41:00 --> 00:41:03

know that we've done many conferences,

00:41:03 --> 00:41:04

locally,

00:41:04 --> 00:41:05

for our,

00:41:06 --> 00:41:07

mid south region.

00:41:07 --> 00:41:10

Mifta Circle was here a few months ago.

00:41:10 --> 00:41:13

Then most recently, we had a youth conference

00:41:13 --> 00:41:15

for youth violence, how to tackle youth violence

00:41:15 --> 00:41:18

that was attended by many of the,

00:41:19 --> 00:41:21

the dignitaries and many of the,

00:41:23 --> 00:41:24

the mayor and other,

00:41:25 --> 00:41:26

people from the city.

00:41:27 --> 00:41:29

And we plan to continue to do these

00:41:29 --> 00:41:29

activities,

00:41:30 --> 00:41:34

both, social activities as well as educational activities

00:41:34 --> 00:41:35

for our community.

00:41:35 --> 00:41:38

So what does that mean for us? So

00:41:38 --> 00:41:39

all this

00:41:39 --> 00:41:40

costs money.

00:41:40 --> 00:41:42

There's nothing free in this world.

00:41:43 --> 00:41:44

So same way,

00:41:45 --> 00:41:47

nothing free at MIC. So somebody has to

00:41:47 --> 00:41:48

pay for

00:41:48 --> 00:41:50

the lights to stay on. Somebody has to

00:41:50 --> 00:41:53

pay pay pay for cleaning the facility.

00:41:54 --> 00:41:56

And who has to pay for that? So

00:41:56 --> 00:41:57

we don't have any support from

00:41:58 --> 00:42:00

the government. So who is responsible for that?

00:42:00 --> 00:42:02

It's I am responsible for that and you

00:42:02 --> 00:42:04

are responsible for that. So all of us

00:42:04 --> 00:42:05

are responsible,

00:42:05 --> 00:42:06

to

00:42:07 --> 00:42:09

pay for the services that we use. We

00:42:09 --> 00:42:10

all have

00:42:11 --> 00:42:14

subscriptions to cell phone services. We have cable.

00:42:14 --> 00:42:17

We have TV. We have Netflix and so

00:42:17 --> 00:42:18

on. So we pay for all those services.

00:42:19 --> 00:42:20

So this is a service that if you

00:42:20 --> 00:42:21

use,

00:42:21 --> 00:42:23

then you have to pay for it. This

00:42:23 --> 00:42:25

is the simple message. And what we are

00:42:25 --> 00:42:27

saying and we are asking you all is

00:42:27 --> 00:42:28

that everybody should

00:42:29 --> 00:42:32

participate, everybody should pay whatever you can.

00:42:32 --> 00:42:34

Though no amount is small.

00:42:34 --> 00:42:37

Even if you pay $10, you pay $10

00:42:37 --> 00:42:39

a month on a perpetual basis.

00:42:39 --> 00:42:42

That is beneficial for us. So we know

00:42:42 --> 00:42:44

how much is coming in, and we can

00:42:44 --> 00:42:46

plan our activities and services accordingly.

00:42:46 --> 00:42:48

So there are volunteers that are giving forms.

00:42:48 --> 00:42:50

So I would like everybody to grab a

00:42:50 --> 00:42:52

form and fill it up and give it

00:42:52 --> 00:42:54

back to us, whatever you can. I'm gonna

00:42:54 --> 00:42:54

ask

00:42:54 --> 00:42:55

Sheikh

00:42:55 --> 00:42:57

Mohammed to do the actual

00:42:59 --> 00:42:59

so

00:43:08 --> 00:43:10

See why we need money?

00:43:11 --> 00:43:15

So Alright. Bismillah, hamdulillah, wa sallam alarassullahi wa

00:43:15 --> 00:43:18

sallam. While again as I doctor Adnan said,

00:43:18 --> 00:43:19

please pick up a form, insha Allahu Ta'ala.

00:43:19 --> 00:43:22

Everyone should should all participate, insha Allahu. I

00:43:22 --> 00:43:24

just wanna see if we have anyone here

00:43:24 --> 00:43:26

who can, insha Allahu Ta'ala, be idhnillah for

00:43:26 --> 00:43:27

the next

00:43:29 --> 00:43:31

for for this upcoming year

00:43:32 --> 00:43:34

between now and next Ramadan. May Allah allow

00:43:34 --> 00:43:35

us all to

00:43:36 --> 00:43:38

come upon that Ramadan experience it be in

00:43:38 --> 00:43:40

the light together. If we have any donor

00:43:40 --> 00:43:42

here that would like to start us with

00:43:42 --> 00:43:42

$25,000

00:43:43 --> 00:43:43

Insha'Allah.

00:43:44 --> 00:43:47

Anyone here for the may Allah bless you.

00:43:49 --> 00:43:51

So I have 1 Insha'Allah. Can I have

00:43:51 --> 00:43:53

a second one to match that Insha'Allah? Who

00:43:53 --> 00:43:55

would like to be the second person to

00:43:55 --> 00:43:56

match that?

00:43:56 --> 00:43:58

Yeah. Sheikh, I thought you were going to

00:43:58 --> 00:44:00

start with the bigger number.

00:44:00 --> 00:44:02

Okay. Yeah. Why don't we start with the

00:44:02 --> 00:44:04

80,000 for our utilities?

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Is there anybody that can pay 80,000 for

00:44:06 --> 00:44:08

the utilities for the year?

00:44:10 --> 00:44:11

Take care of the utilities for the whole

00:44:11 --> 00:44:12

year. $80,000

00:44:13 --> 00:44:15

Our utilities are going to go up with

00:44:15 --> 00:44:17

the new phase 1b coming up soon, Insha'Allah.

00:44:18 --> 00:44:19

So I need

00:44:19 --> 00:44:21

$80,000 Is any brother or sister that can

00:44:21 --> 00:44:22

give $80,000?

00:44:23 --> 00:44:24

Or 2?

00:44:28 --> 00:44:29

2 forties?

00:44:33 --> 00:44:33

30?

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Okay. What about how about 4 people in

00:44:37 --> 00:44:38

sha'a'ala? 4 individuals,

00:44:39 --> 00:44:41

20,000 each. They will take care of our

00:44:41 --> 00:44:42

utilities.

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I'll tell you what that means. That means

00:44:44 --> 00:44:47

that every person that reads Quran here using

00:44:47 --> 00:44:47

the light,

00:44:48 --> 00:44:50

every person that makes wudu here using the

00:44:50 --> 00:44:50

water,

00:44:51 --> 00:44:53

every person that is able to access this

00:44:53 --> 00:44:53

place

00:44:54 --> 00:44:56

because of whatever energy that insha'Allah

00:44:56 --> 00:44:58

you're going to sponsor,

00:44:58 --> 00:45:00

may Allah reward you for for that. May

00:45:00 --> 00:45:01

Allah

00:45:03 --> 00:45:05

provide you with a light in this life

00:45:05 --> 00:45:06

and in the hereafter. So can I have

00:45:06 --> 00:45:08

4 individuals? Can I have the first person

00:45:08 --> 00:45:09

for 20,000, inshallah?

00:45:10 --> 00:45:11

The first person for 20,000

00:45:14 --> 00:45:14

to

00:45:15 --> 00:45:15

cover

00:45:16 --> 00:45:18

the utilities? Anyone? Yes? I have one.

00:45:21 --> 00:45:22

No. No. No. We do.

00:45:24 --> 00:45:24

So

00:45:26 --> 00:45:28

takbir. Okay. We got the second one, Allahu

00:45:28 --> 00:45:29

Akbar.

00:45:30 --> 00:45:32

May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless you. Say,

00:45:32 --> 00:45:33

Ameen.

00:45:33 --> 00:45:34

And may Allah accept from you. Just make

00:45:34 --> 00:45:37

sure that these are opportunities that we have

00:45:37 --> 00:45:39

and that that you never know. This could

00:45:39 --> 00:45:40

be, insha'Allah,

00:45:40 --> 00:45:43

the one contribution that Allah accepts from you.

00:45:43 --> 00:45:46

So do I have another person for 20,000?

00:45:47 --> 00:45:48

Another person for 20,000?

00:45:49 --> 00:45:51

From upstairs, from downstairs?

00:45:52 --> 00:45:54

Another person for 20,000?

00:45:56 --> 00:45:58

Anyone else, insha Allah?

00:45:58 --> 00:45:59

For this?

00:46:04 --> 00:46:05

Okay. How about,

00:46:07 --> 00:46:09

how about covering the Ramadan expenses? You know,

00:46:10 --> 00:46:12

anytime the month of Ramadan comes, there are

00:46:12 --> 00:46:15

added expenses. Anyone here interested in Insha'Allah Hu

00:46:15 --> 00:46:16

Ta'ala and sponsoring that?

00:46:18 --> 00:46:19

That's about 50,000

00:46:21 --> 00:46:23

towards the Ramadan expenses.

00:46:24 --> 00:46:25

Okay. Let me just do 10 people. How

00:46:25 --> 00:46:27

about 10 people with 10,000 each?

00:46:28 --> 00:46:30

10 people with 10,000 each. Who would like

00:46:30 --> 00:46:32

to be the first person, insha Allahu Ta'ala,

00:46:32 --> 00:46:33

to start this bayidulillah?

00:46:33 --> 00:46:34

10,000?

00:46:37 --> 00:46:40

Remember that we said part of the promises

00:46:40 --> 00:46:42

that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala made in the

00:46:42 --> 00:46:43

Quran is that whatever you give

00:46:45 --> 00:46:45

And I don't think,

00:46:46 --> 00:46:47

you know, that that none of you really

00:46:47 --> 00:46:50

understands this. I think we all understand it

00:46:50 --> 00:46:51

just as a reminder that

00:46:52 --> 00:46:54

whatever you give is going to be given

00:46:54 --> 00:46:56

back to you, inshaAllah, in many folds.

00:46:58 --> 00:47:01

Alright. Let me just say one thing. Whatever

00:47:01 --> 00:47:03

amount you do, please do your best. We're

00:47:03 --> 00:47:06

gonna come back, insha'Allahu Ta'ala, tonight. Tonight, we

00:47:06 --> 00:47:06

have

00:47:07 --> 00:47:08

an amazing

00:47:08 --> 00:47:11

person that came here, was touched by the

00:47:11 --> 00:47:12

akhlaq,

00:47:12 --> 00:47:15

the beauty, the generosity of this community.

00:47:15 --> 00:47:17

So much so that he decided to come

00:47:17 --> 00:47:19

and join us, inshallah, for the next 3

00:47:19 --> 00:47:21

nights. So so far, this Ramadan,

00:47:21 --> 00:47:23

every weekend we had

00:47:24 --> 00:47:26

amazing, masha Allah, experience. So I call you

00:47:27 --> 00:47:29

as we start the last 10 nights inshallah

00:47:30 --> 00:47:32

to join us inshallah for the next 3

00:47:32 --> 00:47:34

nights. We'll have with us a surprise guest

00:47:35 --> 00:47:37

inshallah. It may not be a surprise because

00:47:37 --> 00:47:38

you're gonna get the update, but join us

00:47:38 --> 00:47:40

inshallah. But

00:47:40 --> 00:47:42

I want you to remember

00:47:42 --> 00:47:44

what makes this place

00:47:45 --> 00:47:47

special is not only the fact that it's

00:47:47 --> 00:47:49

America's largest center, but there are people here

00:47:49 --> 00:47:51

who understand, who work hard, who contribute

00:47:52 --> 00:47:52

generously

00:47:53 --> 00:47:55

to make this place worthy of that

00:47:55 --> 00:47:57

status. And they're doing it for for Allah

00:47:57 --> 00:47:58

subhanahu

00:47:58 --> 00:48:00

wa ta'ala. So please

00:48:01 --> 00:48:03

join us tonight, InshaAllah ta'ala, for the program.

00:48:04 --> 00:48:06

And may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala accept from

00:48:06 --> 00:48:06

you.

00:48:10 --> 00:48:10

Please,

00:48:11 --> 00:48:13

scan that q and r code.

00:48:14 --> 00:48:15

The q r code,

00:48:15 --> 00:48:18

scan it and then that will take you

00:48:18 --> 00:48:20

straight to the donation. Just in case we

00:48:20 --> 00:48:21

have anyone here who would like to do

00:48:21 --> 00:48:22

it electronically,

00:48:22 --> 00:48:24

you can simply scan that, turn your camera

00:48:24 --> 00:48:26

on, scan it. It will take you straight.

00:48:26 --> 00:48:28

We also have the credit card,

00:48:29 --> 00:48:31

device here to take payments on the spot

00:48:32 --> 00:48:34

from you. May Allah

00:48:34 --> 00:48:36

accept from all of us and

00:48:36 --> 00:48:37

forgive us our sins.

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