Yusha Evans – Servitude

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The speakers discuss various upcoming events and announcements, including classes for children ages 5-12, a hike, a lecture, and a new book. They stress the importance of speaking the truth and avoiding negative behavior, avoiding false accusations, and being humble and considerate. They also discuss the history and implications of Islam, including its implications for one's behavior and the need for everyone to be a servant to their employer. The speakers emphasize the importance of praying and fasting, giving charity, and being compassionate in protecting oneself and others. They also touch on the return of the American nationalist movement to Afghanistan and the return of the Israeli nationalist movement to Afghanistan.

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			Just a few announcements before we get started,
		
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			insha'Allah.
		
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			Number one, starting tomorrow, Salatul Isha, we'll go
		
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			to 8 o'clock, insha'Allah, starting tomorrow.
		
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			Number two, in addition to our existing Qur
		
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			'an classes for kids age 5 to 12,
		
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			by the will of Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala, we will be offering Qur'an and
		
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			Islamic akhlaq and suluk classes to teenagers ages
		
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			13 to 17.
		
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			The boys and girls will have separate classes,
		
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			the boys will have a male teacher and
		
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			the girls will have a female teacher, insha
		
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			'Allah.
		
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			For registration, please see brother Adel Abdullah, our
		
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			president.
		
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			I'll give you his phone number but you
		
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			won't remember it.
		
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			Or Sheikh Abdul Fattah, who you see here
		
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			quite often, insha'Allah, if you are interested
		
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			in registering your children.
		
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			For Sunday only is $60, for Saturday and
		
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			Sunday, it will be $80, insha'Allah.
		
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			We're also looking to expand our Sunday school
		
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			to not only Sunday school, but a full
		
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			weekend school.
		
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			So Saturdays and Sundays, insha'Allah, as well
		
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			as looking into offering after-school classes here
		
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			at Masjid Salahuddin.
		
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			So stay tuned for that and we will
		
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			make those announcements when the time comes and
		
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			they'll go up on the website, insha'Allah
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			Number four, we encourage everyone to continue to
		
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			support our Islamic Sunday school because we have
		
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			many parents who bring their children, they can't
		
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			afford it for whatever reason or they're not
		
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			able to pay.
		
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			And we don't want to stop them from
		
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			being able to bring their children to get
		
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			a proper Islamic education because, as you know,
		
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			our focus is on the youth and da
		
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			'wah and the youth are our future, insha
		
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			'Allah.
		
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			So please support the Sunday school.
		
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			Number five, sisters tomorrow will have a special
		
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			hike day.
		
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			They will have a hike, sisters only hike
		
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			tomorrow, insha'Allah, that is being arranged by
		
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			the sisters board of directors.
		
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			And it will be at 8.30 p
		
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			.m. And the location is Oak Point Park
		
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			on Los Rios Boulevard in Plano.
		
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			Oak Point Park on Los Rios Boulevard in
		
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			Plano.
		
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			Number lastly, Sunday evening after Salat al-Isha,
		
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			starting at 8.15, we will be having
		
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			a lecture by Sheikh Mohammed Sajid Al-Varsi,
		
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			who is a Kurdish sheikh, insha'Allah, who
		
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			is also a Muslim chaplain in New York.
		
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			He goes to prisons, he helps out a
		
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			lot with inmates.
		
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			So he will be here on Sunday after
		
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			Salat al-Isha, insha'Allah.
		
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			So please come and join and show him
		
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			the hospitality that we should show at Masjid
		
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			Salahuddin.
		
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			Salahuddin Al-Varsi, Sheikh Mohammed Sajid Al-Varsi,
		
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			Sheikh Mohammed Sajid Al-Varsi, Sheikh Mohammed Sajid
		
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			Al-Varsi, Allahu
		
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			Akbar, Allahu Akbar, la
		
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			ilaha illa Allah, la
		
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			ilaha illa Allah
		
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			In alhamdulillah, barely all praise belongs to Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala We praise him, we
		
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			seek his help, and we ask for his
		
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			forgiveness We seek refuge with
		
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			Allah from the evil that lies within our
		
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			own souls and our own sinful actions Whomsoever
		
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			Allah guides to this beautiful path of Islam,
		
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			no doubt they cannot be misguided And whomsoever
		
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			Allah has left astray for whatever reason, he
		
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			chooses to do so Have no doubt that
		
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			they cannot be guided except by him because
		
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			he is Al-Hadeed And
		
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			I bear witness that there is no ilah,
		
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			there is no deity, except Allah And he
		
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			is wahda, he is alone, la sharika la
		
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			There is nothing like him, he has no
		
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			equal, he has no partner, he has nothing
		
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			that is like unto him in the heavens
		
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			and the earth And I bear witness that
		
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			Muhammad ibn Abdullah is his servant and last
		
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			and final messenger Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			tells us in the Qur'an O you
		
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			who believe, fear Allah as it is his
		
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			right to be feared Have taqwa for him
		
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			as it is owed to him And do
		
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			not die, do not let your life expire
		
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			unless you find yourself in a state of
		
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			submission to him It means always stay in
		
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			a state of submission to Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala Then Allah tells mankind Oh
		
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			mankind, fear your guardian lord who created you
		
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			from a single soul Every human being who
		
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			walks in the face of the earth traces
		
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			their lineage back to Adam alayhi salam and
		
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			from him his mate and that from from
		
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			them I spread the rest of humanity and
		
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			fear Allah from whom you demand your mutual
		
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			rights to the ties of kinship and give
		
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			reverence and respect to the arham the womb
		
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			that gave you birth for indeed I see
		
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			everything that you do then Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala tells the believers oh
		
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			you who believe have taqwa for Allah as
		
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			it is right and always speak the truth
		
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			even when it's difficult speak the truth when
		
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			it's not politically correct speak the truth when
		
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			it might be against yourself or against what
		
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			the societal norms are speak the truth when
		
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			it's difficult speak in the truth when it's
		
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			an easy thing to do when everybody else
		
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			believes it's easy right for me to tell
		
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			you guys that Islam is the truth easy
		
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			for me to say but speak the truth
		
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			when it's difficult is a hard thing to
		
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			do and this is why Allah says by
		
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			doing it you say like oh my oh
		
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			my oh he will straighten your affairs your
		
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			feel look on the new book home and
		
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			he will forgive you your sins if you
		
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			were to ask me brother you should wish
		
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			for two things in life Allah straighten my
		
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			affairs and forgive me my sins if I
		
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			have those two things I have everything if
		
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			Allah straightens my affairs in my life and
		
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			he forgives me of my sins I have
		
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			everything and then he says whoever obeyed Allah
		
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			as a messenger have already achieved the greatest
		
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			achievement I'm about to ask what follows for
		
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			in the Kitabullah the most truest speech is
		
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			the speech of Allah while Khairul Hadi had
		
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			you Muhammad in suballah alayhi wasallam and the
		
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			best guidance the best example to follow is
		
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			the guidance of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wasallam washar al-amori muhdathatu haa wa kulli
		
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			muhdathatin bida'a wa kulli bida'atin dhalala
		
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			wa kullu dhalalatan finnaar and he said the
		
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			four were the worst the things that you
		
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			can do the most evil actions he called
		
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			that the worst sure the most evil thing
		
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			you can do is put something in this
		
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			religion that does not belong there it was
		
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			not that put there by Allah or his
		
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			messenger and they made this religion perfect he
		
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			said every one of those things you put
		
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			into this religion is known as a bid
		
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			'ah a deviation a misguidance and he said
		
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			every bid'ah is a dhalala it's a
		
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			misguidance and every misguidance is in the fire
		
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			of * because there is one path to
		
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			Jannah and that is the path of Islam
		
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			that was laid down by Allah and his
		
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			messenger alayhi salatu wassalam it is the path
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam was upon it
		
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			is the path his companions were upon and
		
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			those who have followed them in righteousness over
		
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			the day of judgment without adding or subtracting
		
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			to it the topic today is about being
		
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			an abd servitude this this is such a
		
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			huge topic to shrink it down but I'll
		
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			do the best I can inshallah to be
		
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			an abd to be a servant to be
		
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			a slave to Allah subhana wa ta'ala
		
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			and what does it mean every single soul
		
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			that Allah has ever created is his abd
		
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			they're owned by him they belong to him
		
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			if they eat it's because he fed them
		
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			if they drink it's because he gave them
		
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			to drink if they have clothes to wear
		
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			it's because he gave it to them their
		
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			heart beats because he allowed it and told
		
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			it to do so etc so on and
		
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			so forth the difference in the distinction is
		
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			that the Muslim accepts this fact we accept
		
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			the fact that we are owned by Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala and we here is a
		
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			abd they do not accept the fact that
		
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			some of them outright reject it that is
		
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			the difference between one abd and another abd
		
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			but know that we're all owned by Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala and Allah refers to us
		
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			as a abd many many many many many
		
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			times in the Quran just a few of
		
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			them inshallah ta'ala Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			says وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمَٰنَ الَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ الْعَضُ الْأَرْضِ and
		
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			it is the slaves of Allah who walk
		
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			on this earth with humility with humbleness with
		
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			humbleness because someone who understands they are in
		
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			a abd someone who understands that the servant
		
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			of Allah then they will be humble on
		
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			this earth because they know that everything is
		
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			from Allah we say there is no power
		
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			there's no capability there's no might there's no
		
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			movement there's nothing except but by Allah I
		
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			could say that I want to walk away
		
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			from this minbar right now I cannot do
		
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			it without the permission of Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala Allah could decide that my feet stop
		
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			working right now my legs stop working right
		
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			now and I could not take another step
		
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			for the rest of my life I could
		
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			say that I'm going to get in my
		
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			car and drive home today inshallah because Allah
		
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			could have already written 50,000 years before
		
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			creation that before I make it home today
		
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			my life comes to an end that is
		
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			what it means to be an app to
		
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			have that understanding that I do nothing without
		
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			Allah if I am successful is because of
		
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			Allah if I fail it is because of
		
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			Allah all of it is because he owns
		
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			me and I submit to his will in
		
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			that fact that is what it means to
		
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			be an app and you walk on this
		
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			earth humbly because everything can be taken from
		
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			you in a blink of an eye you
		
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			could be rich today and poor tomorrow you
		
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			could be healthy today and sick tomorrow and
		
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			vice versa so we stay humble and Allah
		
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			says it is the slaves of Allah his
		
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			abs who walked on this earth the ones
		
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			who really understand they walk on this earth
		
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			humbly he also says the sort of the
		
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			Mariam that Jesus himself said all in the
		
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			Abdullah indeed I am Abdullah I am the
		
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			slave of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala I am
		
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			the servant of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala I
		
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			am NOT a god I am NOT a
		
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			deity I am an apt I'm owned by
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			says in Surah Az-Zumar a lace a
		
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			lot will be Kathy Abdo in for the
		
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			servant of Allah he is sufficient for them
		
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			Allah is sufficient for his servants this is
		
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			part of understanding that I am an out
		
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			this that Allah is sufficient for me if
		
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			he owns me therefore he is the one
		
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			who is in charge of taking care of
		
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			me if he owns me then he is
		
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			in charge of me he is the one
		
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			to take care of me and he is
		
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			sufficient he is at Kathy he is the
		
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			one who is sufficient for his slaves I
		
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			need nothing this is something and I'd understands
		
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			I need nothing besides Allah nothing I don't
		
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			need any of you even though yes there
		
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			might come a time where I might ask
		
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			you for something right I know as an
		
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			odd that if you are able to help
		
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			me it's only because Allah has facilitated you
		
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			to help me if you come to me
		
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			and ask me to help you and I
		
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			can help you it's only because Allah has
		
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			facilitated me to help you because if Allah
		
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			does not want any help to come to
		
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			me none of you can help me none
		
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			of you we know the very famous hadith
		
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			that if Allah wills for good to come
		
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			to you the whole world could be against
		
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			you and good will come to you and
		
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			if Allah wishes harm to come to you
		
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			the whole world could be standing in front
		
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			of you to protect you and they could
		
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			not protect you from Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			Allah is sufficient for us he's enough we
		
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			need nothing other than him subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			thul jilal wa likram and we know the
		
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			very famous statement in surah Baqarah one of
		
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			my most beloved verses when Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala tells his Prophet to tell the companions
		
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			and when they ask when they ask when
		
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			they ask abdi when my servants ask about
		
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			me when my servants ask about me tell
		
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			them let them know I am close let
		
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			them know I am near to them the
		
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			Prophet alaihissalatu wassalam said because he heard one
		
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			of the companions doing dhikr like very loudly
		
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			he said you're not speaking to one who's
		
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			deaf Allah is not so far away that
		
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			you need to shout indeed he is qareeb
		
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			he is near you don't worship a Lord
		
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			who is near to you in terms of
		
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			closeness physically right Allah is outside of his
		
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			creation but nothing nothing is unknown to him
		
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			he hears all he sees all he knows
		
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			all therefore you worship on a Lord who
		
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			is near my creator my master is near
		
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			and I am his abd and he's always
		
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			looking out he always has my back front
		
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			left right above below because I acknowledge that
		
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			I am owned by him subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			this is what it means to be an
		
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			abd of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and I
		
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			just want to give you a few concepts
		
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			that some of the scholars have talked about
		
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			this Ibn Qayyimah and Ibn Taymiyah both both
		
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			very good books about servitude being a servant
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala which is makes
		
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			sense because Ibn Qayyimah was a student of
		
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			Ibn Taymiyah but they wrote very deeply about
		
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			servitude and these are just some of their
		
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			key points that I found in their writings
		
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			number one that the abd is someone who
		
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			is humble and submissive they are humble and
		
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			submissive and that was in the first verse
		
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			that it is the servants of Allah who
		
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			walk on this earth with humility they said
		
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			the Quran encourages believers to be humble and
		
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			submit their will to Allah just like I
		
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			said I might have a will and things
		
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			that I want to do but Allah's will
		
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			encompasses my will Allah is Quli shay'in
		
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			qadeer he's above all things capable and competent
		
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			I might want to do something that Allah
		
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			doesn't want me to do and as an
		
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			abd he might change my direction I submit
		
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			to that I might try a business it
		
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			fails alhamdulillah I try something else I try
		
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			something else because Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala made
		
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			a decision that might have been the best
		
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			for me this is part of the knowledge
		
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			of Allah that we can't comprehend sometimes we
		
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			think that we're trying so hard in life
		
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			I have so many of my counseling clients
		
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			come to me and say I'm trying so
		
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			hard I think I'm a good person a
		
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			decent person and everything keeps falling apart why
		
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			do the good guys always finish last why
		
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			does it seem like people who are the
		
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			best people and trying to do the best
		
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			finish last while people who are horrible and
		
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			people who are not nice seem like they
		
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			have it all and I said this because
		
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			you're looking at it with the wrong lens
		
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			you got the wrong set of glasses on
		
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			you're seeing things in a very temporal realm
		
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			they might look like they have it all
		
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			and then they stand before on that day
		
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			of judgment have nothing if he throws them
		
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			in the hellfire what did they have nothing
		
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			and maybe it is that Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala is putting you through all of this
		
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			because he saw your life and I said
		
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			this to you before and I'm gonna say
		
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			it again and I'll probably say it a
		
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			hundred times if I'm here long enough and
		
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			this is something that I've asked Allah if
		
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			this is my path give it to me
		
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			maybe on the day of judgment because Allah
		
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			can see all realities even ones that don't
		
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			exist but he sees that they could exist
		
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			and how they could exist maybe Allah will
		
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			say to you on the day of judgment
		
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			that I saw your life you asked me
		
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			for Jannah and I wanted to give it
		
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			to you but I saw your life and
		
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			I knew you would never do enough good
		
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			your scale would be light on the day
		
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			of judgment so in order to answer your
		
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			dua I put you into difficulties I changed
		
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			your path I moved this out of your
		
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			way or I made this fail for you
		
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			I put you through this and that and
		
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			the third so that your scale could be
		
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			heavy enough for me to give you the
		
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			desired Jannah that you wanted would you complain
		
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			no you wouldn't complain you'd want to go
		
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			back and do more so that your rank
		
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			could be higher so never look at the
		
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			difficulties and the things that Allah puts in
		
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			your life as always a bad thing perhaps
		
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			and Allah says it perhaps it is you
		
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			hate the thing that is good for you
		
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			you despise that which is are you you
		
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			like that which is not bad for you
		
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			and you desire that which is not good
		
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			for you submission submissive to Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala whatever he puts in front of me
		
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			I take it on the chin I take
		
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			it on the chin and I keep moving
		
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			that is the life of the believer number
		
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			two obedience and worship true servants of Allah
		
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			are those who strive to obey his commands
		
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			and perform acts of virtue such as praying
		
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			fasting and charity none of this is benefits
		
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			a lot in any way whatsoever your salah
		
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			doesn't benefit Allah your fasting doesn't benefit Allah
		
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			your charity doesn't benefit Allah every person on
		
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			the planet earth today could stop praying could
		
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			stop fasting and stop giving charity it would
		
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			not diminish Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala in the
		
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			least it wouldn't diminish his power in the
		
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			least it wouldn't diminish his dominion in the
		
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			least it would harm him in no way
		
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			shape form or fashion it only would harm
		
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			us he has given salah to us as
		
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			a gift he has given Siam to us
		
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			which we'll be doing in less than two
		
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			months inshallah as a gift so that the
		
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			phone so that you can have taqwa he
		
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			has given charity to us as a gift
		
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			so that he can increase our wealth and
		
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			grow it for us all of these things
		
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			we submit because we know that they are
		
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			in our best interest because we have an
		
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			out we are an app who has a
		
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			master who loves us compassion and forgiveness I've
		
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			talked about this one so much that you
		
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			guys are probably tired of hearing it but
		
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			I'll keep reminding you that the out the
		
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			true out of Allah are compassionate and forgiving
		
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			people they're compassionate and forgiving people they exhibit
		
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			kindness and understanding towards others even when those
		
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			others may have wronged them I tell you
		
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			all the time that the longer you live
		
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			the more sins you will commit it's guaranteed
		
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			every son of Adam commits sin and the
		
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			older you get the more you're going to
		
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			pile up and on the day of judgment
		
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			you're going to stand in front of Allah
		
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			and you're going to beg him to forgive
		
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			you you're going to beg him to have
		
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			mercy on you you're going to beg him
		
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			to overlook all that wrong but we can't
		
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			do that to one another we can't treat
		
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			our each other like that if you do
		
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			not treat each other like that you will
		
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			find Allah treating you the same way treat
		
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			each other the way you want Allah to
		
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			treat you on the day of judgment because
		
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			what if you go in front of Allah
		
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			and ask him to forgive you all this
		
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			and he said you couldn't forgive your own
		
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			brother you couldn't forgive your own father you
		
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			couldn't forgive your own son you couldn't forgive
		
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			your friend you couldn't forgive your uncle but
		
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			you want me to forgive you you see
		
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			the hypocrisy behind it a true abd has
		
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			compassion and mercy in their heart for all
		
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			Muslims even my worst enemy even someone who's
		
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			done so much wrong to me I might
		
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			not ever let them get close enough to
		
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			me to hurt me again because I'm smart
		
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			you have to have wisdom I'm not stupid
		
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			but I want them to go to Jannah
		
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			if they die on Iman if they die
		
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			as a Muslim I wish nothing for them
		
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			but Jannah and Firdos because after we enter
		
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			into Jannah all these differences won't even matter
		
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			anymore we will think that they were so
		
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			miniscule and stupid when we see the big
		
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			picture we need to see the big picture
		
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			now next awareness of Allah's presence at all
		
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			times they are conscious this is what taqwa
		
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			means taqwa means you have consciousness of Allah
		
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			at all times and you do whatever it
		
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			is you need to do to protect yourself
		
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			from his anger and wrath that is what
		
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			taqwa means they are conscious of Allah's presence
		
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			in all aspects of their life and they
		
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			seek his guidance and their decisions they seek
		
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			his guidance they seek his help and this
		
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			is what we say we seek the help
		
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			and that assistance of Allah we say it
		
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			17 times a day oh Allah we ask
		
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			for your assistance and your help but then
		
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			when it's time to make a decision we
		
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			just do whatever the * we want and
		
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			then we wonder why we're not work things
		
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			are not working out because we're not taking
		
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			the guidance of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala number
		
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			six they hope and trust in Allah's mercy
		
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			this is another sign that being an ad
		
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			is that you know you have a rab
		
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			who is merciful you know you have are
		
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			you trust in the mercy of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala the Prophet alayhissalaatu wassalaam said that
		
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			Allah said if you were to bring to
		
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			me on the day of judgment sins that
		
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			were as tall as the mountains they fill
		
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			up what is between the heavens and the
		
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			earth but you are to meet me having
		
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			never believed in anything other than me la
		
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			ilaha illallah is firmly in your heart and
		
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			you hope in in my mercy then you
		
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			will find a mercy equal to the sins
		
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			that you have committed this is the wrong
		
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			that we worship and we have to depend
		
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			upon that because if not we're all lost
		
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			we're done all of us are done all
		
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			of us might as well just throw ourselves
		
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			in a hellfire right now but in the
		
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			out the true out a true servant knows
		
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			that his Lord is merciful he's a Rahman
		
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			the Rahim and he's introduced himself every chapter
		
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			in the Quran except for one as our
		
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			Rahman our Rahim for a reason because he
		
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			wants us to understand him next they have
		
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			patience and perseverance they remain steadfast in their
		
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			faith I've talked about is the karma and
		
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			they preserve through challenges and difficulties because they
		
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			know any difficulty that comes from Allah is
		
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			a higher for them it's a benefit for
		
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			them it's been given to them by their
		
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			master for a good reason next I only
		
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			have two more gratitude and thankfulness I've given
		
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			whole khutbahs lectures about this servants of Allah
		
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			are grateful for his blessings in his favors
		
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			that if you're grateful to me I'll give
		
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			you more being grateful to Allah for what
		
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			he has given you because yes you might
		
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			not think you have everything you want in
		
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			life things might not be going the way
		
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			you think they are but I tell you
		
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			right now come with me on my next
		
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			trip to these refugee camps come with me
		
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			the next time I go to Lebanon and
		
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			go to the Palestinian and Syrian refugee camps
		
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			spend one night there just one night sleep
		
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			on the ground with them for one night
		
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			and then you'll come home and realize how
		
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			much Allah has truly blessed you and that
		
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			those men and women would lose a limb
		
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			they would be willing to cut off one
		
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			of their arms or legs to trade places
		
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			with you right now with no question grateful
		
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			be grateful to Allah that is the sick
		
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			that is the signature of being an abd
		
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			inshallah last they seek knowledge and wisdom from
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala an abd seeks knowledge
		
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			from his master a servant seeks knowledge from
		
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			his master I know this from my year
		
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			my lifelong journey of martial arts right you
		
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			want to know the secrets behind the martial
		
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			arts you go to the masters you don't
		
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			go to the students you go to the
		
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			master they are eager to learn about Allah
		
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			why because if I am owned by Allah
		
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			I want to know who owns me I
		
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			want to have knowledge of whom I'm owned
		
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			by so they want to have knowledge of
		
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			Allah and this is the one of the
		
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			very few things Allah has commanded about himself
		
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			when it comes to knowledge he said in
		
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			surah muhammad so have knowledge of la ilaha
		
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			illallah he didn't say just say oh la
		
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			ilaha illallah he said have knowledge of la
		
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			ilaha illallah you supposed to know what it
		
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			means what it signifies what it implies what
		
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			it indicates that is what it means to
		
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			be an abd of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			and they want to have wisdom from Allah
		
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			because there's a difference between knowledge and wisdom
		
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			knowledge can be attained by anybody anybody can
		
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			attain knowledge you just need to read books
		
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			sit with scholars sit with people you can
		
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			memorize information I can teach a parrot knowledge
		
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			about Islam wisdom is a gift it is
		
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			granted and Allah says I grant wisdom to
		
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			whom I will many times he said I
		
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			granted so-and-so wisdom I granted so
		
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			-and-so wisdom wisdom is to know and
		
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			I asked sheikh Abdullah Shalqiti about this he
		
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			said wisdom in a nutshell is to have
		
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			knowledge and know how to use it and
		
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			when to use it and where to use
		
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			it so that there is always maslaha behind
		
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			it so there's always a benefit behind it
		
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			because knowledge is a double-edged sword it
		
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			can do as much harm as it can
		
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			good so we want not only knowledge from
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala about who he is
		
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			and his religion but we want the wisdom
		
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			in how to use it appropriately inshallah to
		
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			add in our lives so
		
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			as you leave today inshallah always try to
		
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			keep yourself in the mindset that you are
		
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			the abd of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and
		
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			what that entails and what that entails that
		
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			you are a servant you do not own
		
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			anything the clothes you're on your back or
		
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			are given to you by Allah they're loaned
		
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			the food you eat it goes in one
		
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			end we know how it happens and it
		
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			goes out the other end it's just a
		
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			vehicle the air you breathe in and out
		
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			it turns into carbon dioxide etc so everything
		
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			is on loan even the body you live
		
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			in doesn't belong to you doesn't belong to
		
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			you belongs to Allah and I know there's
		
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			some brothers in here who are nice and
		
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			nice and healthy and buff and you like
		
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			to work out I know some of you
		
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			I shake some of your hands and you
		
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			try to break them I know but that
		
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			doesn't mean anything the strength of the body
		
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			doesn't mean anything because if Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala has willed for you death today you're
		
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			gone today how many janazahs happen here in
		
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			Dallas every single week I'm in all the
		
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			mailing list for all the major masjids and
		
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			it's like every day I'm getting a death
		
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			notification from children to the elderly young 20
		
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			year old 30 year old 2 years old
		
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			death does not discriminate Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			has written it when he has written it
		
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			so remind yourself you are owned the difference
		
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			between us and those who do not believe
		
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			is that we acknowledge it and we enjoy
		
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			it I am proud to say that I
		
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			am owned by Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala I
		
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			am honored to say that I am owned
		
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			by Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and that I
		
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			recognize it because without it I would be
		
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			lost now as you leave today you guys
		
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			know last Friday Jumu'ah was a little
		
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			bit unique there was snow there was ice
		
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			it was a little bit sketchy so there
		
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			was a little bit less turnout we had
		
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			a 130 and then a 230 with it
		
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			was quite different this masjid survives on your
		
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			generosity I'm not doing a fundraiser I'm just
		
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			reminding you that this masjid survives on your
		
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			generosity last week was a was not the
		
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			greatest week because of the weather so when
		
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			you leave today be a little bit extra
		
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			generous inshallah because this is your house this
		
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			house belongs to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and
		
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			we earth caretakers I and the board some
		
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			of the board members are going to be
		
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			crisscrossing this country for the next few months
		
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			to try to free us of the debt
		
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			that we have so that we can start
		
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			phase two while I'm doing that I'm only
		
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			asking you while you're here support with what
		
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			you can inshallah I'll go out and do
		
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			the hard dirty work of going all across
		
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			the country for people who owe me favors
		
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			and try to get us phase two built
		
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			inshallah but this is the house that you
		
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			come to every single day your children come
		
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			to every single day the house of Allah
		
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			that your families are growing up in so
		
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			support it inshallah and be a little extra
		
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			generous when you leave today to help us
		
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			to make up for last Friday inshallah