Yusha Evans – Eid Mubarak 2024

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The speaker discusses the upcoming celebration of the Khubban, emphasizing the importance of taking action and respecting the community. They also mention the upcoming celebration of the end of humanity and offer a recitation for those affected by it. The speaker emphasizes the need for action to prevent future events.

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			Today is a auspicious day. It's a it's
		
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			a day of celebration.
		
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			But with that we have to also try
		
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			to remind ourselves that while we celebrate, there
		
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			are many parts of this Ummah. There are
		
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			many Muslim brothers and sisters throughout our ummah,
		
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			especially our brothers and sisters in Gaza who
		
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			are not able to celebrate. They are going
		
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			through days of mourning still. So So we
		
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			have to keep that as an undertone insha'aamahu
		
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			ta'ala. But for one thing I can assure
		
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			you is that we have to celebrate the
		
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			days of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and this
		
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			is one of the auspicious days the prophet
		
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			alaihi salatu wa salam said there are there
		
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			are 2 aids for the Muslims.
		
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			So may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			reward all of you for making it to
		
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			this day. This is an accomplishment. A lot
		
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			of people don't understand that making it to
		
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			this day at the end of Ramadan
		
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			is by the favor and grace of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala. The only reason you were
		
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			able to make it through this Ramadan and
		
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			meet the very end of it was through
		
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			the favor and mercy of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala. There are many people who were alive
		
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			last year hoping to make a better Ramadan
		
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			this year that did not make it to
		
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			this Ramadan. There were people who are alive
		
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			at the beginning of Ramadan
		
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			hoping to see the end of it and
		
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			see this day of Eid that did not
		
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			make it. So it is only by the
		
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			favor of Allah that you have made it
		
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			to this day. So we must celebrate that
		
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			and we must understand that not only is
		
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			this a day of celebration,
		
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			but today what I would like for us
		
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			to do insha'allahu ta'ala is make this a
		
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			day of new beginnings. This is a day
		
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			of new beginnings for all of us, insha'allah.
		
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			1st and foremost, the day of new beginnings
		
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			for masjid Saladin.
		
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			Alhamdulillah has honored us and favored us to
		
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			be able to have something that is called
		
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			the house of Allah, Baydulillah on earth. The
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, These are
		
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			the most beloved spots
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on this planet.
		
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			The most beloved pieces of land on the
		
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			planet to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala or the
		
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			masajid. And Allah has given us the favor
		
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			and honor to be caretakers and and responsible
		
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			for one of those most beautiful and most
		
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			honored places with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So
		
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			So it's a new beginning for Mashid salahadeen.
		
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			But I also want you to make it
		
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			a new beginning for you. The point of
		
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			Ramadan is changed, is to become a new
		
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			person.
		
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			Allah says, so that you can obtain taqwa.
		
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			So the whole point of Ramadan
		
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			is to start new. You've been given a
		
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			chance. We've done whatever we've done over the
		
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			past 11 months before Ramadan, and now Allah
		
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			has given us this favorite and honored month,
		
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			where we turn to him. We give we
		
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			fast for him. We give extra salah for
		
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			him, we do extra qiyam for him, we
		
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			do extra qira'a, recitation of the Quran for
		
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			him. And the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
		
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			said, no one receives a complete Ramadan accepted
		
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			by Allah, but it is forgiveness for them.
		
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			It is forgiveness for everything that came before
		
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			it. So this is a chance for new
		
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			beginnings.
		
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			New beginnings.
		
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			The scholars have said that you can tell
		
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			and accept the Ramadan
		
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			if you are a different person after it.
		
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			If you're a different person after it, has
		
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			it changed you? So let us keep up
		
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			some of these habits. We've developed many habits
		
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			during Ramadan. The habits of abstaining from food
		
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			and drink, you don't have to do that
		
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			as much anymore, unless those of you who
		
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			want to keep the fast of Mondays Thursdays
		
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			or you want to keep the white fast
		
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			or the white days, that that's good. It's
		
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			also good for your health, by the way.
		
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			But some of the habits that we kept,
		
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			keeping away from vain talk, keeping away from
		
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			idle talk, keeping away from things that were
		
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			haram, keeping away from things that distracted us
		
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			from Allah
		
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			Let's keep some of those things up. Because
		
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			what happens if we're able to keep some
		
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			of those habits to Ramadan next year, then
		
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			we can increase next year, and we can
		
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			become a better and better person every single
		
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			year. That is the goal. The goal is
		
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			that every single Ramadan, we get a little
		
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			bit better and a little bit better and
		
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			a little bit better. So now that Allah
		
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			has given us a clean slate, let's not
		
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			run out there and, you know, just start
		
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			dirtying it up again right away. Kind of
		
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			like when your your wife cleans the house.
		
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			What is the first thing she tell you
		
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			to do when you come home? Don't make
		
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			a mess. I just clean this place. Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling you, I've just
		
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			cleaned you. I've just given you a new
		
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			start. Don't go right now and make a
		
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			whole mess of the place. So let's take
		
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			this opportunity to celebrate with our family and
		
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			friends. But I want to remind you as
		
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			we end the Khubban, sha Allah,
		
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			that this a'id
		
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			is
		
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			a small
		
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			kind of
		
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			circumference of what will become a great Eid.
		
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			What will the great Eid be? The great
		
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			Eid will be when
		
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			we all meet in Jannah. When we all
		
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			meet in Jannah, the great Eid will happen.
		
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			Prophet
		
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			said, when all of us have entered into
		
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			Jannah,
		
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			when everybody's gone to Jannah, and all of
		
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			us are there, we're enjoying ourselves,
		
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			a caller will call throughout Jannah and say
		
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			peace be upon all the people of Jannah.
		
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			Allah has asked you to come to to
		
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			a place to visit him. And there's this
		
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			big field in Jannah. This is the great
		
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			day. This is our This will be the
		
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			aid that we'll never ever forget.
		
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			And when we're all brought to that place
		
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			This is this is a long story you'll
		
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			find in it's
		
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			a collection of different hadith. When we're all
		
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			brought to that place, we know our place.
		
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			Some of us will have thrones
		
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			of
		
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			light and jewels and emuls. Some of us
		
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			will be sitting on cushions of green brocade.
		
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			Some of us, you know, like myself, we
		
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			probably just be sitting in the back on
		
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			the grass somewhere, I'm okay wherever I'm at,
		
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			inshallah. Long as I get there, it don't
		
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			matter. But then, Allah will have his throne
		
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			brought near to that place. And he will
		
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			come to the people of Jannah, and he
		
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			will say, peace
		
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			be upon you, oh people of paradise. And
		
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			we all respond and say,
		
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			Oh Allah, you are peace and from you
		
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			comes peace. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will
		
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			say, today is the day of increase that
		
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			I promised you. Today is the day that
		
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			I promised you. So ask me for anything,
		
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			and I'll give it to you. And our
		
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			response will be, have you not already made
		
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			our faces bright? Have you not already lightened
		
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			our scales, and made heavy our good deeds,
		
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			and entered us into this place? What else
		
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			could we want? And Allah says, yes I
		
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			know but still I want to give you
		
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			something so ask me anything. And there is
		
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			only one thing we can think of. There's
		
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			only one thing all of us can think
		
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			of on that day.
		
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			And we say, my lord,
		
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			let us see you. We worshiped you for
		
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			so long.
		
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			We worshiped you on this earth and we
		
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			never saw you. We never we never saw
		
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			you. We worshiped you as though we did
		
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			see you. This is the the element of
		
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			of of of having good consciousness of Allah.
		
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			To worship Allah as though you see him.
		
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			If not, know that he sees you. We
		
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			never saw you so let us see him.
		
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			And the prophet
		
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			said that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will lift
		
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			his veil because Allah has a veil of
		
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			light that prevents
		
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			him from being seen in this world. They're
		
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			being seen anywhere.
		
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			And the prophet
		
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			said, there will be a light that will
		
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			shine all throughout Jannah. And that light is
		
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			so bright and it is so powerful, that
		
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			if Allah had not willed, it would have
		
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			destroyed creation. It would destroy everything.
		
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			And that day we will be able to
		
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			meet Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And he will
		
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			call each and every single one of us,
		
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			1 by 1 on that day. Remember, time
		
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			is not a concept anymore. Time doesn't matter.
		
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			He calls us 1 by 1 by 1.
		
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			And what does he do? This is the
		
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			beautiful thing about this. What does he do?
		
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			He starts telling us about our sins.
		
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			SubhanAllah. We go for Allah and he starts
		
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			telling us, you remember that day you disobeyed
		
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			me? You remember this sin you committed? You
		
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			remember this transgression? He keeps repeating to us
		
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			our sins over and over and over again.
		
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			Until we are afraid, we're gonna be thrown
		
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			out of Jannah. We're so worried. We're like,
		
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			oh, we we thought we made it, we
		
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			didn't make it. So we ask Allah, my
		
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			lord, can you not forgive me? Can you
		
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			not have mercy on me? Yes, I know
		
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			I did all of those things, but can
		
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			you not have mercy on me? And the
		
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			Lord reminds us, my slave,
		
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			had it not been for my mercy,
		
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			you would not have made it this far.
		
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			So I have forgiven you. But this is
		
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			Allah reminding us of his beautiful bounty and
		
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			mercy. How great is his mercy to us.
		
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			This is his reminding us. This is the
		
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			great day of
		
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			that I hope we all get to celebrate
		
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			together in Jannah.
		
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			May Allah
		
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			accept our fast. May Allah
		
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			accept our PM. May Allah
		
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			accept our salah. May Allah accept our recitation
		
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			in this beautiful month inshallah.
		
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			Stand up and greet everybody.
		
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			If I literally just got over a call.
		
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			I I don't think I'm contagious, but if
		
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			you have a weakened immune system, then just
		
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			say salaam to me from a distance inshallah.