Khutbah Natural Disasters Phenomenon

Mohammed Faqih

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The speakers discuss the loss of habitat and negative behavior caused by actions and behavior, including the loss of well being and connections with lost people. They emphasize the importance of taking responsibility and being proactive to avoid damaging oneself and others, as well as maintaining connections with lost people and maintaining connections with lost people and resources. The speakers also mention upcoming programs and opportunities for individuals to participate in them. They emphasize the need to be mindful of what is happening and to make decisions based on that information.

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cooler now. Yeah.

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Yeah. As

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a follow up

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follow

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me

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in number How can I make more people

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you select

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polyamorous prospective sisters

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I reminded myself

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of one of the most important

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aspects

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of this relationship that we have had with Allah.

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And that is

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to have a couple of allies origin present

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in everything that we do

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and every

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statement that we are

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with every action

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that we initiate

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and with every reaction that comes as a response to anything accomplices,

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let's all remember the funeral What is

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this all be mindful of.

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And watch every action that we do.

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Pay attention to every word that we utter,

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for everything that we do or say,

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better be pleasing, because

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otherwise,

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we are going to have to answer to that action, that statement

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on the day where everything must be in the open

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on a day where you won't be able to hide your intentions.

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And you won't be able to hide

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yourself agenda. And you won't be able to conceal

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the purpose for which you do anything that you do on a day where you're going to be exposed.

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And opossum handled with data will ask you about everything that you did everything that you've said. So let's prepare ourselves for that day. And let's fear Allah subhana wa tada and fear that standard that we will have before along

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with human lives even

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fear young

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brothers and sisters, someone asked me

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about my reaction

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to those phenomenons that have become very common,

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especially here in California.

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What was

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my reaction

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to the so called wildfires that we had?

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And we continue to have.

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And in the news yesterday, they were saying, again, they were saying that probably today or tomorrow we're going to have another red flag

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in many of those areas.

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And while I was contemplating on a proper answer to that question, I get a phone call from Northern California

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that

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there was an earthquake that struck

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That area

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506.

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And it happened that my mother is visiting my sister in law area. So she called, I'm talking to her trying to calm down. Because she's panicking. She said, you gotta seem to be so used to this, and I'm taking this lightly. She was terrified by the whole experience, which lasted a few seconds.

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But we are so used to it. So I didn't really think much of it. Then I had to sit with myself and think, wait a minute, what is happening to us?

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What is happening to us?

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Why are we losing our sensitivity? Why are we careless? Why are we acting in a fashion

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that reflects that we've got nothing to do

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with this trend?

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of those kinds of disasters

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being so repetitive,

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happening more frequently than ever before.

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a firearm in the south, the earthquake in the north? And along the island, what is happening in between?

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Do we have anything to do with it?

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Then another question comes. While I was contemplating on that first question,

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have anything to do with global warming? So I said,

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I will leave that

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to the scientists that can debate that whole issue.

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So another a third question comes?

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Well, this is not to say anything about those phenomenas, or global warming.

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And that's what I said, Yes.

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Indeed,

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Allah Subhana Allah Allah

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tells us

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almost about every major

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problem.

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And about any issue that we might be confronted with, sometimes directly and sometimes indirectly.

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But I said before, I call it reverse.

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Let's look at the causes of global warming. And let's look at the proposed

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solutions for this problem that has been linked to all those phenomenons that we we've been having

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a quick analysis to some of those root causes, as well as the

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suggested solutions for this problem made me realize a pattern that they were all or most of them, especially the major ones, they were all behavior,

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the cause of their behavior. And the solutions are amazing.

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It all has to do

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with our behavior,

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allows us to return

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had prepared, and we do not deny anything that happened as ages. And before that, but among some panelists, Allah made this planet go through all kinds of phases,

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as a whole history of history that according to the Islamic tradition that goes before this earth where it was created way before

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and on that issue, we have no problem with science.

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And Earth went through all kinds of changes. But finally, with the last panel with the attitudes for Adam, to land on this planet, and reside, Allah subhanaw taala that made this earth come to a point where it was fully prepared in every way in fashion,

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to accommodate

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his needs, and the needs of his descendants.

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So this earth, Planet Earth,

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went through all kinds of phases,

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all kinds of ages, and finally came to a point where it was suitable to be a place

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for human beings.

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And the responsibility of taking care of it was handed over to Adam and his children. That is us.

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And Allah subhana wa tada told us what it takes to maintain this planet.

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And what it takes to take advantage of this opportunity that we have

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an ordinance of the things that might cause

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the destruction of this planet

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and warn us

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The type of behavior that we should avoid.

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So now, a quick analysis of what we have done over the ages, we violated almost 100,000 restrictions, and we violated almost penalty laws. And now a loss of habitat is making us get a taste of some of the consequences of our actions, a lot of panel data says, is similar to rule

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in this era is full of amazing lessons in science, like all of the sewers.

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And many of those lessons are very relevant to what we are dealing with.

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Verse 41, in particular, amongst panel data says

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roofing very well,

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destruction, disaster has spread throughout land and sea.

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scholars of the ship

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when they tried to explain what this verse or this word means,

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they said this is a reference to those so called natural disasters.

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I'm not talking about contemporary scholars, I'm talking about scholars 1000 years ago.

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hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, they gave such examples. So lots of help Alison, this has appeared,

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it has become so apparent

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not occasional, not wants to know and has become so and it spreads out.

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So disasters have spread out across Canada is bound to feel badly went back online, as well as see

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why be Marika Savage, a nurse, because of that which the hands of men have earned.

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So lots of power Tyler tells us in the four hour way before our contemporary scientists

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basically determined that his whole behavior, it is what we have earned, what we have, what we have done,

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is the way we go about our affairs that caused all of this, why are we

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losing

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the army? What is the purpose of this? Why Why make us

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suffer some of those, some of the consequences of our actions, leave the opponent

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to let us get a taste of what we have done.

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So that he would let them get a taste of some

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of what they have done. And if a man was, as I said, we can hear from all of us to hold us accountable and punish us for every little thing that we did. Forget about a lot of things, if allow us to punish us for all the major things that we have done, he would have wiped us out.

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Mathematically,

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none would have been existence.

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If a loss was to hasten the punishment, we would have been destroyed

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for the kind of the kinds of things and actions we engage in.

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But why, what is the ultimate purpose of this? Allah wants to punish us that we should be punished for everything. No. This is just a reminder. Because the ultimate purpose of this from Allah subhanho wa Taala was known for his mercy and His kindness, his land, the homie of God,

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that they might return to a loss of habitat, they might revert back to a loss of habitat, they might turn around and blame themselves and take responsibility for their actions.

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And

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they might turn around and look at themselves and say, I am responsible for this. How can I fix it?

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Now we have people suggesting that the way to fix this is to change our behavior, change our habits,

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conserve, be more considered, be sensitive, don't be wasteful. Well has a lot to handle the data set and his messages and his books through his prophets. Through those who carry the legacy of the province has almost said that

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lead to civil war could

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eat and drink but do not be wasteful.

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Do not exaggerate.

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Do not exploit

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do not abuse. appreciate what a mechanic is giving

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in order for

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This brothers and sisters to make sense, before we start becoming paranoid

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about coming up with some of those changes, something has to change. And that is our mindset. that mindset will not change until we come to a realization that we are in a way responsible, directly or indirectly in our actions count in the eyes of a muscle panel.

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So any form of injustice or wrongdoing that you believe you're part of has to come to end.

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Any suffering

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that or any pain that you're inflicting on others.

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If you think I'm awesome, Hamilton is not watching the last part that is not holding you accountable for it. You're wrong. That has to come to an end.

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I've seen this man asked him what some how to make you and I have those who listen and follow the discipline they listen to full of other stuff.

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Alhamdulillah wa salatu salam ala

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it was reported that anytime there must be

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so dark clouds coming

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a storm.

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He used to have

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the opposite reaction of what most people use to

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most people, when they see dark clouds. They say Oh, it's about to rain, we're gonna have some rain. And they get excited.

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Farmers are very cheerful. The problem of the loss of the lumber it was it was reported that he would get nervous and asked him awesome panel data to make this

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a blessing.

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And to make this storm, a source or a cause of some of the blessings of a loss of habitat as you come upon them.

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And nothing opposite. Remembering one wasn't handled either related in the form of how animals are punished. Some of the previous nations, some of those ancient civilizations, how the punishment of a loss of handling data which they have asked for.

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When it came approaching them, they thought it was just another rain.

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Just another storm.

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So loss of habitat is set to the new.

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The reality of this storm is that it will come and destroy you and destroy everything that you have built

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because of what you have done, but they couldn't hear the answer. It was hidden because they were not aware of what was a patent that they were not mindful of the size of the law. So every time the problem some alone while he was in sees anything similar to that he remembers those verses in the plan.

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So he would ask the laws of how valuable it is to let it pass peacefully, aloneness and loneliness.

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Now we compare that to how we react to those incidents and events, we have become totally desensitized.

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We have become totally desensitized, which is an indication that we're not even aware of our own wrongdoing.

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We don't think that we have anything to do with this in any way of fashion.

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We're not taking responsibility. And this is where we have to start by taking responsibility for our own actions and do something about it. Because now not only does it affect our spiritual well being those since this kind of destructive behavior doesn't only threaten our spiritual well being, but brothers and sisters, now it is actually threatening our very existence

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and our lives.

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So this is a taste. Now people are turning and say what what have we done well, what can we fix?

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So brothers and sisters, let's take responsibility.

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Let's take responsibility for our actions and let's return to our last panel with that.

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And let's be proactive

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and do something that counts

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shall be coming hopeless. We will be talking about

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habits that we can adopt to be more effective

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types of habits

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I would please the last panel with that. But none of those habits will mean anything. They're merely words that are

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spoken in a hook. But they're not

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imply they're they're not applied by those who say them and those who hear.

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So

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we are approaching a period

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that

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is very critical.

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And we are making history.

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Brothers and sisters, we have an opportunity,

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we have an opportunity that we have to take advantage of

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brothers and sisters,

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I would like to bring to your attention

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the fact that we need to be a little more involved we affairs of our community,

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at the community level as well as the individual level.

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And I'll give you

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an example

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of how not being involved and engaged

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could actually have

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serious consequences.

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Last week,

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actually, I believe that today they're going to have the janazah prayer for the brother was passed away, and whose body is not even present anymore.

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And I have to bring this to your attention. Because this is what happens in communities where there is no communication and there is no involvement. And people are not taking responsibility. People don't have connection. And as bursary alluded at one point where people have superficial,

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shallow relationships.

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When Islam and the principles of this great religion of ours are not present,

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in our

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behavior pattern is not present in our habits in the way we carry ourselves.

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This brother of ours was cremated.

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And his body

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his body was turned into ashes. That's what cremation he was cremated.

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And his body remained in the morgue for almost 10 days.

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It took about five to seven days for the Muslims to even find out that

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this tells you

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of the condition

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of our communities. This is just an example of the so many examples and so many other areas and aspects of life that we have to do.

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So how are we going to change this,

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if we don't come together, help one another.

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If we don't take responsibility, if we're not involved, if we're not proactive, how any of these things are going to be eliminated.

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Another point that I would like to bring up is that we have all kinds of opportunities and programs that are being

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offered now. And 2008. We also have new programs coming up.

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Unless people come and participate and they take part of it is not going to we won't be able to maintain them. Right. One of those problems that we have is

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we have a class here More information is available in the office and outside. So sign up for us Islander children for it. And take advantage of it is one of those solutions. And one of those ways out of this mess that we were in is to go back to the source of guidance, which is a group of allies. So this class has been offered to take advantage of it.

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Finally, brothers and sisters,

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inshallah, we soon very soon we're going to call upon upon you

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to to become a little more involved and active. Our activities have resumed in a Friday night program. And other activities have resumed after Ramadan.

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And one thing one sad observation that many of the volunteers made is that we don't have the same amount of excitement and same amount of involvement that we had and

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we have talked about the importance of maintaining the spirit of trauma

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and the importance of maintaining your connection with a lost palletize inside and outside.

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And I would like to also not forget to

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Mind you inshallah, if you have not fasted for six days,

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you have about

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maybe 10 days or a little less than that actually nine days before the end of this month.

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Actually, we think back maybe it's next Saturday could be the last day of July or it could be the first day of the planet. So you'd have until next Friday, so if you haven't finished your six days or if you have two days left finished fast six days for the profit center said that whosoever

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follows in six days of show when it is as if he has passed in the whole the whole year for Aston Martin how to give you an inspiration and the energy and the strength to overcome our weaknesses and our shortcomings and make us of those who listen and listen to

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a man above

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the corner he has a football

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watched

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what I

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mean and

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you know

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who he is when he never

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went over to let us

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do what we

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want

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to see who want to see Victor with you and what was your evil

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that's a lot wiser agenda your

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opinion.

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Hamlet entomologia for so long.

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kasuri allow me

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to

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fulfill

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whatever

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he wanted,

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weather

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was

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was

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was

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was removed.

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Shop along

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with Sarah Demichelis.

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Yeah.

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Well,

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you know,

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I'm coming in, while I had to do something.

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Welcome.

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It all has to do

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with our behavior.

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Allah subhanho wa Taala.

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had prepared and we do not deny anything that happened as agency and before that, but Allah Subhana Allah Allah made this planet go through all kinds of phases.

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He has a long history and history that according to this line of tradition that goes before this earth where it was created way before

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and on that issue, we have no problem with science.

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And Earth went through all kinds of changes. But finally, when the last panel with the attitudes for Adam, to land on this planet, and reside, Allah subhanaw taala made this earth come to a point where it was fully prepared in every way in fashion,

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to accommodate Adam, his needs and the needs of his descendants.

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So this earth Planet Earth,

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went through all kinds of phases,

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all kinds of ages, and finally came to a point where it was suitable

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to be at least

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for human beings,

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and the responsibility of taking care of it was handed over to Adam and his children. That is us.

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Allah subhana wa tada told us what it takes to maintain this planet.

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And what it takes to take advantage of this opportunity that we have

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an ordinance of the things that might cause

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the destruction of this planet.

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And horridness of the type of behavior that we should avoid.

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So now, a quick analysis of what we have done, over the ages, we violated almost pantallas instructions, and we violated almost parity laws. And now, a lot of that is making us get a taste of some of the consequences of our actions. Allah Subhana. Allah says, In surah, to rule

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in this sutra is full of amazing lessons in science, like all of the sewers.

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And many of those lessons are very relevant to what we are dealing with.

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Verse 41, in particular, amongst panel data says

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roofing very well,

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destruction, disaster has spread throughout land and sea.

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scholars of the ship,

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when they tried to explain what this verse or this word means for set, they said, this is a reference to those so called natural disasters.

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I'm not talking about contemporary scholars, I'm talking about scholars 1000 years ago.

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hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, they give such examples. So lots of help Allison, this has appeared,

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it has become so apparent.

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Not occasional, not once a no it has become so and it spreads out.

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So disasters have spread out across

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the field everyone back online, as well as see.

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Why be medical service aid in because of that was the hands of men have earned.

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So lots of power Tyler tells us in the four hour way before, our contemporary scientists

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basically determined that his own behavior, it is what we have earned, what we have, what we have done.

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It's the way we go about our affairs that caused all of this, Why

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leave the

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army? What is the purpose of this? Why is the law make us

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suffer some of those, some of the consequences of our actions, leave the opponent

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to let us get a taste of what we have done.

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So that he would let them get a taste of some

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of what they have done. And if a man was, as I said, Before, I can hear from all of us to hold us accountable and punish us for every little thing that we did. Forget about the little things, if allowed us to punish us for all the major things that we have done, he would have wiped us out.

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None would have been existed.

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If I was to hasten the punishment, we would have been destroyed

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for the kind of the kinds of things and actions we engage in.

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But why, what is the ultimate purpose of this? Allah wants to punish us that we should be punished for everything. No. This is just a reminder. Because the ultimate purpose of this from Allah subhanho wa Taala was known for his mercy. And his kindness is the homie of God,

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that they might return to a boss,

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they might revert back to almost

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they might turn around and blame themselves and take responsibility for their actions.

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And

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they might turn around and look at themselves and say, I am responsible for this. How can I fix it?

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Now we have people suggesting that the way to fix this is to change our behavior, change our habits,

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conserve, be more considerate, be sensitive, don't be wasteful. Well has to handle without a set in his messages in his books through his prophets, through those who carry the legacy of the province has almost Hamlet Allison

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Learn to surf, we're gonna

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eat and drink but do not be wasteful.

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Do not exaggerate,

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do not exploit,

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do not abuse. appreciate what I'm

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giving.

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In order for all of this brothers and sisters to make sense, before we start becoming paranoid

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about coming up with some of those changes, something has to change. And that is our mindset. that mindset will not change until we come to a realization that we are in a way responsible, directly or indirectly, in our actions. Count in the eyes of Allah Subhana Allah.

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So any form of injustice or wrongdoing, that you believe your part of has to come to an end.

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And the suffering

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that or any pain that you're inflicting on others.

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If you think of loss of habitat is not watching the last part that is not holding you accountable for it. You're wrong, that has to come to an end.

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I say this, and I asked him what some how to make you and I have those who listen and follow the discipline they listen to

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Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam Allah,

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it was reported that anytime there must be a

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sin.

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So dark clouds coming

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a storm.

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He used to have

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the opposite reaction of what most people used to have. Most people when they see dark clouds, they say oh, it's about to rain, we're gonna have some rain. And they get excited.

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Farmers are very cheerful, because of the loss of the love it was, it was recorded that he would get nervous, and asked him awesome panel data to make this

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a blessing

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as you make this storm, a source or a cause of some of the blessings of a loss of power to come upon them.

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And nothing opposite. Remembering one wasn't handled either related in the form of how Allah subhanaw taala punished some of the previous nations, some of those ancient civilizations, how the punishment of Allah Subhana Allah data which they have asked for.

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When it came approaching them, they thought it was just another rain.

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Just another storm.

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So loss of habitat ascend to the new.

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The reality of this storm, is that it will come and destroy you and destroy everything that you have built.

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Because of what you have done, but they couldn't hear the answer. It was hidden because they were not aware of what was happening. They were not mindful of the size of the law. So every time the prophets of Allah will even send them sees anything similar to that he remembers those verses.

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So he would ask the laws of how to lead is to let it pass peacefully, along with sudden loneliness.

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Now we compare that to how we react to those incidents and events, we have become totally desensitized.

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We have become totally desensitized, which is an indication that we're not even aware of our own wrongdoing.

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We don't think that we have anything to do with this in any way of fashion.

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We're not taking responsibility. And this is where we have to start by taking responsibility for our own actions and do something about it. Because now not only does it affect our spiritual well being those sins, this kind of destructive behavior doesn't only threaten our spiritual well being, but brothers and sisters, now it is actually threatening our very existence

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and our lives.

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So this is a taste. Now people are turning and saying what have we done wrong? What can we fix?

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So brothers and sisters, let's take responsibility.

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Let's take responsibility for our actions and literally control last panel.

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And let's be proactive

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and do something that counts.

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They show up

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and becoming homeless, we will be talking about them of habits that we can adopt to be more effective

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types of habit that will please the last panel with that.

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But none of those habits will mean anything. They're merely words that are

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spoken, and hooked up, but they're not

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employed apply or not apply by those who see them and those who hear.

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So in short, we are approaching a period

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that

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is very critical.

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And we are making history.

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Brothers and sisters, we have an opportunity,

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we have an opportunity that we have to take advantage of

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brothers and sisters,

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I would like to bring to your attention.

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The fact that we need to be a little more involved. We affairs of our community,

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at the communal level, as well as the individual level.

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And I'll give you

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an example

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of how not being involved and engaged

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could actually have

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serious consequences.

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Last week,

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actually, I believe that today, they're going to have the janaza prayer for the brother was passed away, and whose body is not even present anymore.

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And I have to bring this to your attention. Because this is what happens in communities where there is no communication and there's no involvement. And people are not taking responsibility. People don't have connection. And as brother Sharif alluded at one point where people have superficial,

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shallow relationships

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when Islam and the principles of this great religion of ours are not present.

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And our

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behavior pattern is not present in our habits in the way we carry ourselves.

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This brother of ours was cremated.

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And his body

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his body was turned into ashes. That's what cremation means. He was cremated.

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And his body remained in the morgue for almost 10 days.

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It took about five to seven days for the Muslims to even find out about that.

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This tells you

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of the condition

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of our communities. This is just an example of the so many examples and so many other areas and aspects of life that we have to do.

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So how are we going to change this,

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if we don't come together, help one another.

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If we don't take responsibility, if we're not involved, if we're not proactive, how any of these things are going to be eliminated.

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Another point that I would like to bring up is that we have all kinds of opportunities and programs that are being

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offered now. And 2008 we also have new programs coming up.

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And unless people come and participate and they take part of it is not going to we won't be able to maintain them.

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Right one of those problems that we have is

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we have a class here More information is available in the office and outside of Charlotte. So sign up for silent children for it and take advantage of it. Because one of those solutions one of those ways out of this mess that we were in is to go back to the source of guidance which is a book of a loss. So this class has been offered to take advantage of

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finally brothers and sisters

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inshallah we soon very soon we're going to call upon upon you

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to to become a little more involved. An active our activities have resumed. Friday Night program and other activities have resumed after Ramadan

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and one thing one side of

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revision that many of the volunteers made is that we don't have the same amount of excitement and same amount of involvement that we had. And

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we have talked about the importance of maintaining the spirit of trauma

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and the importance of maintaining your connection with a loss paradise

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outside.

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And I would like to also not forget to remind you inshallah, if you have not fasted for six days,

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you have about

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maybe 10 days, or a little less than that, actually nine days before the end of this month.

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Actually, we, I think back maybe it's next Saturday could be the last day of Shabbat, or it could be the first day of the bed. So you'd have until next Friday, so we haven't finished your six days of Shabbat or if you have few days left, finish the fastest day that you went through the process of the body and send that said, that whosoever

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follows in 60 days of show when it is as if he has passed and the whole the whole year to ask him how to give you an inspiration and the energy and the strength to overcome our weaknesses and our shortcomings and make us of those who listen and listen to

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a word about

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the governor. He had a football analyst and Obi Wan Rousey

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was

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one of the

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men in

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your

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group and mounsey who will be

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a soldier when he never

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went over to

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do what we

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want to see Victor What do you want? What would you

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as

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a young

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man

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or Hamlet, entomology entomologia

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whatever

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he wanted

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to

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see who else

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was

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was on

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the show

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it was it was celebrated equally. Equally when when folks have been genuine

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for

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wildlife.

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Wildlife

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welcome