Zia Sheikh – Ramadan Reminders Day 14

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The speaker discusses the importance of remembering the Prophet's actions and actions during difficult situations, including his use of a shirt to kill a person and advice not to perform the act. The Prophet's secret was revealed to the people who had been killed, but he did not want to create people splitting up. The speaker also shares a story about the Prophet's use of his shirt to kill a person and advises not to perform the act. The Prophet's secret was revealed to the people who had been killed, but he did not want to create people splitting up.

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			I would like to continue with the theme
		
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			that I started yesterday and the issue of
		
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			the Munafiqeen and their habits that were mentioned
		
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			in Surah At-Tawbah.
		
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			Allah SWT, He brings about towards the end
		
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			of Surah At-Tawbah or in the last
		
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			quarter or so of the Tawbah, the word
		
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			Uthar again and again.
		
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			And the root letter Uthar, what does Uthar
		
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			mean?
		
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			Everybody knows?
		
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			Uthar?
		
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			Excuse right?
		
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			In Urdu we say Uthar.
		
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			In Arabic Uthar.
		
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			And from that you have many many words
		
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			that are used again and again.
		
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			Okay, so these Munafiqeen, they basically, when the
		
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			Prophet SAW was before going to Ghazbat Tabuk,
		
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			they were making excuses and when the Prophet
		
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			SAW came back, they were making excuses.
		
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			So the reason they wanted to stay behind
		
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			was that they basically didn't want to go
		
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			because it was a very difficult expedition and
		
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			they didn't want to deal with the hardship.
		
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			Allah SWT disclosed what they were saying amongst
		
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			them.
		
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			Allah SWT says, The
		
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			ones that stayed behind, they became happy at
		
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			staying behind and they disliked to go and
		
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			strive in the path of Allah SWT and
		
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			they also told each other, don't go out
		
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			in the heat.
		
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			Don't go out in the heat.
		
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			Allah SWT responded to that excuse of theirs,
		
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			Tell them that the fire of * is
		
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			more severe.
		
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			Now this is something that we, this is
		
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			the lesson we need to learn.
		
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			That what kind of excuses we present to
		
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			ourselves whenever we want to do something which
		
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			is related to the religion.
		
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			Getting up for Fajr prayer, it's too cold.
		
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			All we need to do is remind ourselves,
		
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			The severity of the hellfire is much more
		
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			than that.
		
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			Going for Dhuhr to the Masjid, oh it's
		
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			too hot outside and I'm fasting.
		
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			Remind yourself, the fire of * is more
		
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			severe.
		
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			This statement of Allah SWT is something that
		
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			we need to keep in mind at all
		
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			times.
		
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			And when we look at the balance of
		
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			our actions, when it comes to our worldly
		
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			deeds, When it comes to maybe going for
		
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			work, going to our business, going to an
		
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			invitation from somebody, How particular we are in
		
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			making sure that we do what we can
		
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			in terms of getting there on time.
		
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			And we don't delay, and we wear the
		
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			nicest clothes, and we're very punctual.
		
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			All of these things when it comes to
		
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			worldly things.
		
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			But when it comes to the spiritual side
		
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			of our lives, The Shaytan and our Nafs
		
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			basically push us to make excuses.
		
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			So we need to respond to our excuses
		
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			all the time by reminding ourselves of the
		
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			statement of Allah SWT To the Munafiqeen, that
		
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			the hellfire is much more severe than the
		
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			comfort that you're seeking in your beds, The
		
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			comfort that you're seeking in your homes, and
		
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			all the rest of it.
		
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			This is a very beautiful reminder for ourselves
		
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			at all times, When we find that laziness
		
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			is setting in, in our actions.
		
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			Going on to one of the stories of
		
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			Raeesul Munafiqeen, The head of the hypocrites, whose
		
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			name was Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Saloon.
		
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			This person had given the Prophet SAW the
		
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			hardest time.
		
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			But at the time of his death, his
		
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			son had come and requested the Prophet SAW
		
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			to give his shirt to him, So that
		
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			his shirt could be used as a coffin
		
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			for his father.
		
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			So the Prophet SAW gave it.
		
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			So again, we look at the mercy of
		
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			the Prophet SAW, that despite being given such
		
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			a hard time, Throughout his life, the Prophet
		
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			SAW, he succumbed and he gave him his
		
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			shirt.
		
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			And then on top of that, when the
		
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			time came for his janazah, he set out
		
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			to also perform his janazah.
		
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			And when he's about to do that, Umar
		
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			RA, he stops him for a minute.
		
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			He said, Ya Rasulullah, you know what he's
		
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			been doing throughout his life.
		
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			You know he is a munafiq, you know
		
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			he's a hypocrite, you know he's been giving
		
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			us so many difficulties.
		
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			And he's been putting us so many hurdles
		
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			in our life.
		
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			So why is it that you are going
		
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			to perform the janazah upon him?
		
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			The Prophet SAW said, that Allah SWT has
		
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			actually given me a choice.
		
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			Earlier in the surah, Allah SWT said, Make
		
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			istighfar for them or don't make istighfar for
		
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			them.
		
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			But at the same time he said, If
		
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			you are to make istighfar for them 70
		
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			times, Allah is not going to forgive them.
		
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			So with this, the Prophet SAW said, that
		
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			Allah SWT has actually given me a choice,
		
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			Whether to make istighfar for them or not.
		
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			So therefore, I'm going to pray salatul janazah
		
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			upon him.
		
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			And then after that, the verse was revealed,
		
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			Again, one of those verses, which just happened
		
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			to be muafiqat of Umar, Which agreed with
		
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			the sentiment of Umar RA, That do not
		
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			stand upon the person when any of them
		
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			passes away, And don't stand on his grave,
		
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			meaning don't perform salatul janazah upon him, And
		
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			do not stand on his grave.
		
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			So after that, the Prophet SAW was forbidden
		
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			from performing salatul janazah upon any of the
		
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			munafiqeen.
		
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			And he was also told by Allah SWT,
		
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			who actually were the munafiqeen.
		
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			This was disclosed to the Prophet SAW, which
		
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			one of the people were hypocrites in their
		
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			midst.
		
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			And he didn't tell anybody about this except
		
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			for one person, Hudaifah ibn al-Yaman.
		
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			Hudaifah ibn al-Yaman was a sahabi, his
		
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			nickname is, The keeper of the secret of
		
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			the Prophet SAW.
		
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			And the Prophet, he disclosed all of the
		
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			names of the munafiqeen to him, And he
		
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			told him not to tell anyone.
		
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			So afterwards, during the course of the life
		
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			of the Prophet SAW, It used to just
		
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			so happen that whenever any of these people
		
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			used to die, The Prophet SAW used to
		
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			be busy somewhere else, either on a travel
		
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			or something like that.
		
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			So the Prophet was never at any of
		
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			the janazahs of those people that have been
		
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			listed.
		
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			And then after the Prophet SAW passed away,
		
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			The people used to look to see if
		
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			Hudaifah was participating in the janazah or not.
		
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			If Hudaifah wasn't participating, Then they used to
		
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			realize that this was probably one of the
		
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			munafiqeen, This was probably one of the hypocrites.
		
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			But I just want you to focus on
		
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			one story that I'll finish with.
		
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			Umar ibn al-Yaman once came to Hudaifah
		
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			and asked him, The Prophet SAW, he disclosed
		
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			this list of munafiqeen to you, Why don't
		
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			you tell me who they are, so that
		
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			we can be aware of these people.
		
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			So Hudaifah said, I cannot, because this is
		
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			the secret of the Prophet SAW.
		
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			And before I finish the story, why did
		
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			the Prophet SAW didn't disclose to the people?
		
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			This is again something that is true leadership
		
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			that is being displayed, That he did not
		
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			want to create factions in the midst of
		
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			his ummah.
		
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			He didn't want to create people splitting up,
		
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			And showing that he as a leader was
		
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			splitting people up and splitting up the jamaat.
		
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			So he disclosed the secret to Hudaifah, But
		
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			he told people, he told him not to
		
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			tell anybody.
		
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			So again we need to learn from this,
		
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			That the focus of a community always should
		
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			be unity, To try to unite people, not
		
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			to split up people, Try to keep as
		
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			united as possible.
		
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			This is what we learn from what the
		
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			Prophet SAW did.
		
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			Anyway, Umar ibn al-Yaman approached Hudaifah and
		
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			said, Why don't you tell me this list
		
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			of munafiqeen?
		
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			Hudaifah said, No, I cannot tell you because
		
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			it is the secret of the Prophet SAW.
		
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			And listen to what Umar ibn al-Yaman
		
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			said.
		
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			He said, At least tell me one thing.
		
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			At least tell me, is my name on
		
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			that list or not?
		
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			Can you imagine that?
		
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			This was the sahabi about whom the Prophet
		
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			SAW said, That if there was ever a
		
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			prophet to come after me, it would be
		
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			Umar.
		
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			Verses were revealed in agreement with Umar ibn
		
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			al-Yaman.
		
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			He was the second khalifa after the Prophet
		
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			SAW.
		
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			He was one of the 10 who had
		
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			been promised Jannah, But he wanted to satisfy
		
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			himself by saying, Is my name on that
		
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			list or not?
		
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			And just think of ourselves, We think that
		
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			just because we said La ilaha illallah, We
		
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			have the ticket to Jannah, right?
		
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			And how much we need to really self
		
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			-reflect, And think about where we are in
		
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			terms of our iman, In terms of our
		
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			a'mal, In terms of the sins that we
		
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			commit.
		
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			And yet, despite all of those things, We
		
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			still think, you know, That we are entering
		
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			into paradise without any kind of reckoning.
		
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			So this is a huge lesson that we
		
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			learn from the statement of Umar ibn al
		
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			-Yaman.
		
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			I pray that Allah SWT gives us tawfiq
		
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			to understand and practice what has been said
		
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			and heard.