Yousef Bakeer – Mecca And Medina Lessons In Tranquility Worship And Perseverance

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The importance of sakinah in bringing knowledge and energy to homes and masjoids is discussed, along with the importance of bringing the spirit of the Prophet to daily life. The speaker discusses the concept ofitions and struggles in Islam, including the belief that the Prophet has the power to stop people from walking and not just leave Mecca to Al, and the importance of avoiding falsehood and preserving the lives of loved ones. Additionally, the importance of avoiding suffering and preserving the lives of loved ones is emphasized.

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			By Allah, if it's not from Allah, we
		
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			would never be guided.
		
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			And we would never be able to pray,
		
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			and we would never be able to give
		
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			sadaqah.
		
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			And Ya Allah, descend tranquility and serene to
		
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			this city.
		
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			That's the dua of the Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			So this is the highest level of sakinah
		
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			that you can reach in your entire life.
		
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			When you walk into the masjid of the
		
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			Prophet ﷺ, and in it is al-Rawdah
		
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			al-Sharifah, the place where the Prophet ﷺ
		
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			used to pray to Allah عز و جل.
		
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			And this place is the highest level of
		
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			tranquility.
		
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			You will never taste something like this anywhere
		
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			else.
		
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			Yes, Madinah al-Sakinah.
		
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			But then the question, and what was in
		
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			the back of my head as I'm experiencing
		
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			this, I said to myself, how can we
		
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			actually bring this spirit, this beauty, this sakinah
		
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			to our homes, and to our communities, and
		
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			to our masjids?
		
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			Because Madinah is known by two things, like
		
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			I said, sakinah, and number two is knowledge.
		
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			Madinah al-Munawwara is the place for knowledge.
		
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			It attracts knowledge seekers.
		
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			It had many of the great giant scholars
		
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			throughout the history.
		
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			Started by the first teacher, the Prophet ﷺ
		
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			himself ﷺ.
		
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			And then the sahaba who dedicated their times,
		
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			Abdullah ibn Abbas as a great mufassir, Abdullah
		
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			ibn Mas'ud as a great mufassir, and
		
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			others who dedicated their times, and that was
		
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			their place of spreading knowledge.
		
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			Wallahi, as I was just looking at the
		
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			walls of the masjid of Madinah, I can
		
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			imagine if these walls were to talk, they
		
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			will tell us a lot of stories about
		
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			how many Qur'an has been, you know,
		
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			hearing in a daily basis, how many khatmas,
		
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			how many discussions, how many classes, how many
		
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			interpretations of the Qur'an these walls heard.
		
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			So it is the place of knowledge.
		
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			Imam al-Madinah, who was Imam Malik ﷺ,
		
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			so even after the sahaba, this knowledge journey
		
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			continued in the place of the Prophet ﷺ
		
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			in Madinah.
		
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			One of the imams of Madinah is Imam
		
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			Malik, the one who founded Fiqh al-Maliki.
		
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			Imam Malik, they used to say, Imam Malik
		
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			la yufta wa malik fil Madinah.
		
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			So no one should dare to give fatwa
		
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			if Imam Malik is there.
		
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			They go to Imam Malik.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because Imam Malik has all of his knowledge.
		
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			Imam Malik never taught anywhere else but in
		
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			Madinah.
		
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			He used to say, I'm here close to
		
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			the Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			I will not go anywhere else.
		
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			I will dedicate my entire life.
		
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			He used to not ride a camel or
		
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			a horse out of respect to the Prophet
		
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			ﷺ.
		
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			Imam Malik has written his great book, al
		
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			-Muwatta' in Madinah.
		
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			And then many scholars, we don't have time
		
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			to go through the history and go through
		
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			giants of scholars of hadith, of tafsir, of
		
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			fiqh.
		
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			But then in my mind was, how do
		
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			we bring this spirit to our communities, to
		
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			our masajid, to our families?
		
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			How can I bring Madinah atmosphere in my
		
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			home?
		
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			Is there a way to do this?
		
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			I'll be very honest, you will not reach
		
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			that high level of sakinah and knowledge for
		
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			sure.
		
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			But you actually can bring some of this
		
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			energy in your home.
		
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			I want us to ask ourselves, what was
		
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			the last time we prayed in our homes?
		
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			Because prayer brings this sakinah.
		
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			How many, how many, when was the last
		
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			time we had that very private prayer in
		
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			the last, in the depth of the night,
		
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			in our homes?
		
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			And we were asking Allah and we were
		
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			just opening our hearts to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			Sometimes we really concern, we complain that we
		
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			don't find that peace in our homes.
		
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			But then the Prophet ﷺ said it.
		
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			He said, do not make your home as
		
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			a graveyard.
		
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			And the sahaba said, what do you mean
		
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			by this?
		
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			He said, when you are home, pray in
		
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			your home.
		
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			Put Qur'an in your home.
		
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			That brings sakinah.
		
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			That brings tranquility and peace in your home.
		
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			And then alhamdulillah here in Dallas, we're blessed.
		
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			Have many institutes around.
		
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			I believe the scholars in here in Dallas
		
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			and all over the world are an extension
		
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			legacy of the Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			Yes, if we're not able to live in
		
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			Al-Madinah, but we can bring some of
		
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			this spirit, some of this spirit of Al
		
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			-Madinah.
		
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			Yes, we can.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, we're blessed.
		
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			Look around you, 30 miles, 50 miles from
		
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			here.
		
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			You will find a lot of institutions that
		
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			teaches the Islamic knowledge.
		
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			So yes, there is an opportunity for me
		
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			and you.
		
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			So as we are exiting Al-Madinah, we
		
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			went in a 4 or 5 hours, you
		
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			know, drive to Mecca Al-Mukarramah.
		
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			And subhanallah, it was very peaceful.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, we had a lot of excitement and
		
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			peace as we are driving to Mecca Al
		
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			-Mukarramah with the shabab, with the youth.
		
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			We started saying some dhikr, some nasheed.
		
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			And then reflecting on the Prophet ﷺ's journey.
		
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			Prophet's journey.
		
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			4 or 5 hours driving.
		
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			And I looked at our group and said,
		
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			subhanallah, the Prophet ﷺ did not drive from
		
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			Mecca to Al-Madinah.
		
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			The Prophet ﷺ had to walk.
		
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			Had to walk.
		
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			And not just hiking from Mecca to Al
		
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			-Madinah.
		
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			This is not just a normal hiking.
		
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			It is a painful journey.
		
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			Feeling threatened.
		
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			Feeling that you may not be able to
		
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			make it.
		
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			Feeling that the worries about his ummah ﷺ.
		
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			He wasn't concerned about himself.
		
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			But he was concerned about the entire ummah
		
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			as he is leaving Mecca to Al-Madinah.
		
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			And a real struggle.
		
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			Going from a mountain to another.
		
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			Trying to hide here and there.
		
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			And then we reflected on this concept of
		
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			hijrah.
		
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			Hijrah.
		
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			What hijrah means?
		
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			The root of the word hijrah is hajara.
		
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			And hajara means to forsake, to leave, to
		
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			quit.
		
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			We reflected on this.
		
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			We all are in a place where we
		
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			really need to quit certain things around us.
		
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			Certain bad habits around us.
		
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			Certain behavior.
		
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			Certain people.
		
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			We all are at that level that we
		
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			need to make that decision of removing these
		
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			sins and quitting these sins.
		
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			Just like the Prophet ﷺ has left Mecca
		
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			to go to Al-Madinah.
		
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			The concept of hijrah.
		
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			Reflected a lot on that.
		
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			And then we finally arrived to Mecca Al
		
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			-Mukarramah.
		
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			Mecca is a different city.
		
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			And obviously you are in Mecca.
		
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			But you will find the difference.
		
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			Because Mecca, once you walk in, you will
		
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			feel that your faith is getting tested right
		
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			away.
		
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			Everyone is engaged in their ibadahs.
		
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			And as you're walking, you are tested.
		
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			You may get stepped on.
		
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			You may get pushed a little bit.
		
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			You may get in a place where you
		
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			just can lose your temper.
		
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			So every single step is a test for
		
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			your faith.
		
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			As you're doing the tawaf.
		
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			Every single step.
		
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			No arguments.
		
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			It's a test.
		
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			And think about it.
		
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			Mecca was a rough place for the Prophet
		
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			ﷺ.
		
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			This is the place where the Prophet ﷺ
		
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			was tortured.
		
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			And his sahaba were tortured.
		
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			And eventually the dawah of Islam reached Mecca.
		
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			And converted all of these thousands and thousands
		
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			of people.
		
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			In the last final hajj, the Prophet ﷺ
		
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			had about 100,000 people in front of
		
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			him.
		
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			So it was a unique place.
		
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			I summarize Mecca as the place of jalal.
		
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			Greatness of Allah.
		
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			Greatness of ibadah.
		
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			Because yes, it takes a lot for you
		
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			to perform this ibadah with ihsan.
		
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			In Mecca Al-Mukarramah.
		
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			And then you go to As-Sa'i.
		
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			Another concept.
		
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			Just the time of the khutbah was not
		
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			allowing me to go all the way.
		
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			But I can talk hours and hours about
		
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			this beautiful visit.
		
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			As-Sa'i.
		
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			As you go and you go seven times.
		
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			Where Hajar ﷺ was walking and running.
		
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			And she was desperate to find the water
		
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			even though there were no signs of water.
		
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			This concept of Sa'i, this concept of
		
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			struggle.
		
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			This concept of struggle.
		
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			Yes, it is a struggle.
		
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			We face this struggle in a different way.
		
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			Maybe you don't look like other people in
		
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			your workplace.
		
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			Or maybe it takes an effort for you
		
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			to pray while you're in your job.
		
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			Or it takes an effort for you to
		
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			go all the way to attend khutbah here
		
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			while you have a lot of other commitments.
		
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			Maybe it takes a lot of effort for
		
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			you and sacrifice to say the truth.
		
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			To speak freely.
		
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			To actually show your identity.
		
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			Different types of sacrifice.
		
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			Different types of sacrifice that we have.
		
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			And as you go through the Sa'i,
		
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			you will have to reflect on this.
		
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			Subhanallah.
		
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			This is the foundation of Islam.
		
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			This is where Islam was founded.
		
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			It was founded in Makkah and it was
		
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			founded in Madinah.
		
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			So you go back basically to your roots.
		
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			And you will find this connection.
		
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			May Allah ﷻ allow me and you to
		
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			visit Makkah al-Mukarramah al-Madinah al-Munawarah.
		
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			I say this and ask Allah ﷻ to
		
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			forgive me and you.
		
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			In the
		
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			name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most
		
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			Merciful.
		
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			And peace and blessings be upon the Messenger
		
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			of Allah and upon his family and companions.
		
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			And peace be upon many.
		
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			O Allah, forgive us our sins and our
		
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			transgressions in our affairs.
		
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			And strengthen our feet and help us against
		
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			the disbelieving people.
		
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			O Allah, show us the truth as the
		
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			truth and grant us to follow it.
		
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			Show us the falsehood as the falsehood and
		
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			grant us to avoid it.
		
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			O Allah, we ask you to grant us
		
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			the ability to visit Makkah al-Mukarramah.
		
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			Grant us the ability to visit Madinah al
		
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			-Munawarah, the city of our beloved Prophet Muhammad
		
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			ﷺ.
		
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			O Allah, we ask you to bring the
		
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			spirit and the atmosphere of Madinah in our
		
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			homes, in our masjids, in our communities.
		
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			And O Allah, we ask you in this
		
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			blessed moment of Friday to alleviate the suffering
		
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			of our brothers and sisters in Palestine.
		
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			O Allah, alleviate their suffering.
		
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			O Allah, we ask you to preserve our
		
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			brothers and sisters in Syria.
		
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			O Allah, preserve them.
		
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			O Allah, bring them back to their homes
		
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			safe and sound.
		
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			O Allah, bring our brothers and sisters in
		
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			Syria safe and sound to their homes.