Ramadan 2013 – Pearls of Peace – 26 of 27

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Day 26, Ramadan 2013 – Mufti Menk, Cape Town, Masjidul Quds

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The transcript discusses the history and importance of Islam, including the Mahdi's (the Greatest Showman) subhanho of death and life, the use of deeds to test one's ability to achieve success, and the importance of gratitude and understanding one's own deeds. The speakers emphasize the importance of not giving things like wealth or money to anyone who claims to have the privilege of earning money, protecting oneself from negative comments, and not starting a relationship with a woman. The title provides a detailed explanation of the meaning of various verses in the Bible, and emphasizes the importance of honoring women and not harming their own spouse. The segment also highlights the need for peace and a closed private meeting to achieve that, and provides advice on how to do so. The upcoming series of a book will include a recap of the upcoming series and a promise to meet again.

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salaam aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh

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Bismillah Ar Rahman AR Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam

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ala nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sahbihi nobleman

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Medina.

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We praise Allah subhanho wa Taala we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, all his companions, his entire household We ask Allah to bless them, and to bless every single one of us. Brothers and sisters, this is the second last episode from the pearls of peace. We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to grant us inner and outer peace in the dunya as well as in the ephemera and we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to make us from those not only who have heard what was said, but who can begin implementing it in our lives as much as we can. We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to grant us growth spiritually and to help us distance ourselves from shaitan. Allah protect

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us all and our offspring me, brothers and sisters in Surah. to that yet, Allah subhanho wa Taala makes it very clear why He created us. Someone might ask, why did Allah subhanho wa Taala create us? The answer may be in order to test us Yes, there is part of the answer. Allah subhanho wa Taala has created death and life in order for us to be tested. So who has better deeds from amongst us, he will be the one who will win, and the one whose deeds are not better shall be behind May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us. When Allah grant us the ability to be from amongst those who can work on the deeds we engage in the best of people are those who have better deeds. Sometimes people want

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to engage in a lot of deeds, but the quality of those deeds are not good. So Allah subhanho wa Taala warns us and it's worth the data yet he says very clearly verse number 56 and 57.

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Bordeaux, I have not created mankind and jinn kind except for them to worship me. So we are to worship Allah alone. What this means is, he has made us in this world or he has created us brought us into existence in this world, so that we can lead this entire life in a way that will please Him. That is the meaning of the term worshiping Allah subhanho wa Taala. Sometimes when this verse is read, some people think it means we engage in constant salah and we are standing perhaps we are reading Koran constantly. The reality is this is much broader than that understanding, it means everything you do in your life should not be against the commands of Allah subhanho wa Taala. That

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is what is meant. So if I'm cautious and I try everything I do, I try to make sure that it is within the confines of what is permissible. That means I'm worshiping Allah subhanho wa Taala May Allah make it easy for us, the way I dress, the way I talk, the way I walk, what I drink, and eat, and everything else that I engage in my dealings, the employment, everything else I need to make sure it is within that which Allah has ordained. If I do that, it means I'm in constant worship of Allah, even when I sleep, it will be considered the worship of Allah subhanho wa Taala if I do so, in a place that I am permitted to do so and in a position or in a manner that I am permitted to do so

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that will not earn the Wrath of Allah subhanho wa Taala May He grant us goodness. The same applies to all food and drink as I've just mentioned. So Allah says, Ma,

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I don't want any sustenance from them, nor do I want to be fed from them.

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Allah does not want us to be sorry, he does not want us to feed him not at all. Allah is independent. But Allah says in the law

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is a law who is the provider.

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And what this means is, if we think that through the disobedience of a law, we will become wealthy or we will earn something to eat. Allah says never ever we are the ones who own sustenance, it is only through our pleasure that you will be able to earn correctly. May Allah grant us goodness, the owner of all the wealth that we are seeking, he is the one who will give it to us. How can we earn

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against the command of the one who owns our earning low aka, we won't be able to earn anything. And even if we achieve figures, we will not have any blessing. So Allah says I know if you want, ask me if you want wish.

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If you would like to make sure you are heading in the right direction May Allah subhanho wa Taala soften our hearts, some people because they want to earn a little dollar or two what happens? They begin to transgress thinking you know what, it's so hard to earn. The only way to earn is to do it this way, which is the wrong way. Allah is saying hang on you worship Me and I will ensure that your doors are open May Allah subhanho wa Taala granted to us and there is the flip side of the coin What is that? Sometimes we see people who Mashallah driving a beautiful car, man has a big business. And shaytan comes to us and makes us say, this guy is driving a big car, perhaps he's peddling drugs.

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That's a thought that perhaps is dealing in diamonds. Perhaps Why do we think someone is doing wrong when they have got when Allah has provided them, they might have had the most upright dealings do not to have a dirty mind that will result in the snatching away of your peace. When you see people living in a beautiful home driving a lovely motor vehicle thank Allah, they have worked very, very hard Allah has provided the Mashallah and we need to work as hard or even harder, but more important than working hard to achieve the vehicle or the house is to build the Palace of the hereafter. And this will happen by earning the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala so whenever we see people

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suddenly becoming wealthy, never let shapefile come to your mind and think they've done something wrong to get there. No, they haven't. And even if in the rare case they have, it's between them and the maker May Allah subhanahu Allah grant us goodness. And then Allah subhanho wa Taala in silicon najem, which is a powerful surah makes mention of the credibility of the statements of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. The fact that whatever he utters is, in fact from Allah subhanho wa Taala verse number three and four.

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Whatever he has uttered, sallallahu alayhi wasallam is not from his own desires or whims and fancies. It is in fact revelation that was revealed to him inspiration that he was inspired from Allah subhanho wa Taala. Today we have people who say this is the Quran

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I accept it I adopted but as for the Sunnah of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam I don't want to accept it because you know, it's not necessary or it's it was only registered so many 100 years down the line and so on. What law IE those people were predicted by Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam they will come a group of people who will say this is the Quran it's enough for us and as for the Sunnah of Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, it is something that we do not want Allah subhanho wa Taala has told us with the blessing lips of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Allah in me, he told me,

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Behold, I have been given the Quran, and together with it, something similar to it. And that is explained unanimously as the sooner

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he statements. Remember, if people were to tell you that the sun was only recorded 150 years to 200 years after Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. They will come a time when they will tell you the Koran was also registered 3040 years after Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam and people will start saying why didn't they record it from day one? Today? I want to provide you an answer that you can equip yourself with.

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If someone came to you and said, why didn't Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam use CDs?

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We would laugh because the CD technology only came out now if someone said Why didn't he have a laptop we would love? Why didn't he put the Koran up on the internet? That is exactly the same statement as saying why didn't they write it because they could not read or write? They all relied on their minds. That was the technology of the age. They knew the lineage of the camel 25 generations are you trying to tell me they don't know the word of Allah? Nah. Look at the fools of today who want to find discrepancy in the words of Muhammad Sallallahu wasallam they want to find discrepancy in the Quran. The fools holding PhDs will tell you no, this was only 40 years later. Why

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didn't they register do such a big fool my brother. Sorry, I'm a bit emotional.

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The reason is, to be honest with you, my brothers and sisters. We need to realize the Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam at his time.

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They relied on their memories, the most powerful memories ever. They could memorize 1000s of couplets of poetry. We cannot memorize our own phone numbers to save our lives. Why? Because technology has overtaken That's why 20 years ago, I knew perhaps 8090 phone numbers of Bihar today how many of us can put up their hands and say I know 100 phone numbers of Bihar. Let's see.

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Not one you see that? Some had a lot not one now.

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Allah subhanho wa Taala grandma's goodness, and had someone put up their hand I would have swapped with them and let them recite the numbers.

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My brothers and sisters today if I can memorize the Quran and from amongst us, please show us with a show of hands, how many of you have memorized even a small portion of the Quran? Put up your hand? Let's see.

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Allahu Akbar. Lo and behold, it's a gift of Allah. Let's put our hands down. My brothers and sisters, this goes to show if you have memorized parts of the Quran, you are trying to tell me the Sahaba did not know that they did not memorize it. How foolish all those who say why wasn't it written? Don't you know Allah says

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Allah has sent amongst the unlettered a messenger from them.

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They were alerted, he was unelected the bulk of very few of them could read or write.

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But they relied on their memories. So the technology of writing came later on. As soon as it came, they began to write so as soon as the CDs came, we put it on. As soon as the internet came, it's on. As soon as the little microchips came. It's on iPhone and everything else is on iPhone Mashallah. It's all by the will of Allah subhanho wa Taala May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us I hope we understand it's a clarification that really needed to have come a long long time ago foolish. Allah is the biggest fools are those who want to say why was it written 200 years later, go to sleep, my brother, Allah subhanho wa Taala grounders goodness, we need to wake up from the oblivion that we

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are in Malawi. I am very emotional about this because how can we find fault in the best of creation? How can we find fault in the Word of Allah when we have memorized it, I saw perhaps 1000 hands just now. You saw them.

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The Sahaba memories are far more powerful than mine and yours. Let's continue May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us and grant us peace. Like I say we will only achieve peace when we understand that this is the word of Allah subhanho wa Taala. No book in history has ever come down through so many generations without a spot of change, not even a droplet. Not a single book, even the ones that are authored by people of today. As it comes down you find a few discrepancies with the Quran, not one now Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us and grant us ease. When we believe that there is no doubt in the book, we achieve a lot of peace because when we read it, we know it is the word of the Almighty,

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the creator, the one who made me the one whom I'm going to return to this is his word, this is how I will achieve salvation. And that word of Allah leads me to the words of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam and that is what I will believe in Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us.

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And so what we'll do, which is one of the sutras we read Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us something very important. Again, every one of us we've heard so many messages, we've had messengers come to us recite the verses remind us we've had reminders, either from the radio or the CDs or whatever else a book we read whatever it was, someone told us something. Allah asked the question, verse number 16 of Sudoku, howdy, Alameda de la de la mano, Tasha, aku boom, Lady ki la

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mina, has the time now not come for those who believe for their hearts to become humbly submissive to the remembrance of Allah and what we have revealed in terms of the truth. Has that time not come? What are you waiting for? Why are you not turning? What is it that you are waiting? Do you want punishment to come to you before you tell? You've had a reminder to remind is you've seen the examples of those before you. You've seen everything happening, people dying. You've seen people coming to life. You've seen those dying at a young age, those dying later on. You've seen absolutely everything. Nadine Amano and Tasha Lupo Michaela has the time not come for those who claim to

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believe to soften their hearts and to adopt what Allah has revealed. Allah subhanho wa Taala soften our hearts towards his remembrance and towards that which he has revealed brothers and sisters, these reminders will not continue as I said, we have a quota of them. When our quota is over, we will be overtaken by something which will be unpleasant. May Allah subhanho wa Taala not let us see that day.

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Then Allah subhanho wa Taala

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really calls us towards Toba towards repentance. And he says you want to compete with one another? Do you know what we do? We compete with one another in this world. Regarding What brother he's earned 20 I need to earn 30 now he's earning 30 I need to earn 40 he's driving a Ferrari I need to go to Harare.

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Allah protect us. You know what I mean? He's driving a nice car. I want to drive a better vehicle. So hon Allah, this is happening. He's got this type of clothing. I need something better. He's got this. I need that. And this is the competition. So Allah Ciao

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Verse number 20 He says,

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You need to know animal hyah to dunya that the life of this union law

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it is a play a pastime and the beautification waterfall

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and the competition between you

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and the multiplication of your wealth and your children. So people are born, they play with simple toys. After a while, they are amused by more sophisticated toys. And after a while,

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they start competing with one another Subhana Allah, may Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us goodness in fact, the term beautification is made mention of because a little child is not too bothered as to what they look like. Look at the teenagers, small little squiggles on their face, and they won't even go to school Dad, I can't go Why can't you see this purple on my face?

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That is they want they are conscious of it. They become conscious of the beauty and they want the nice things in the world. Allah says that's the junior, the junior that's its nature as you grow. It's a playtime, it's an amusement as you grow further you find the beautification then you get married when you get married now Mashallah you happy for a while and thereafter inshallah you want to have children and Subhanallah then you want to multiply your wealth and you say, you know, what we earning for our children? That's what you say, brother, earn for yourself, the paradise Allahu Akbar. What's the point of setting your generations three generations down? You will so many

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millions but you don't even have a little small corner in your own grave. lavaca Allah grant us the understanding common logic, and that you earn by struggling or striving to obey allows instruction you want to go to work from eight to five, we'll go to Allah at least for 24 minutes in the 24 hours, law, Kabbalah and you will achieve a lot you will be able to not only build your little spot in your grave, but you will be able to have a huge Castle in the life after

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that Allah subhanho wa Taala opened our doors, the sacrifices required without the sacrifice we won't achieve. So Allah says, cannot find a wife in America.

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It is similar to the rain that has caused produce to grow that made the farmer very happy because he saw Wow Look, I sowed the seed and now look at this green crop that is growing in no time from

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Fatah homos.

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He will find it wilting and becoming yellow, any crop you leave it without harvesting it at the correct time, it will start becoming yellow and it will and after that it is scattered in the form of seed Allah says this, the same happens to you Oh man, you need to understand you have energies use those energies wise to have them because there will come a time when you become yellow and you start wilting, then you are scattered back into the ground law.

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This is a law so he says the competition should not be for wealth. And for children. It should be verse number 21.

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compete for Make haste or race towards the forgiveness of Allah subhanho wa Taala and the earning of Paradise which is wider than the width of the skies and the earth put together

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this goodness Are we ready for the race inshallah you see someone Mashallah reading salah and you tell yourself and Allah, Allah I will read even a better Salah This is the way like we've said, when you see people spiritually higher than you, it should motivate you to go even higher. And when you are in terms of material as of this world, look at those below you so it will make you appreciate the level you are upon. Allah grant us peace. Now let's move further. There is a surah named after a woman who came to plead with Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam regarding her husband. So Allah subhanho wa Taala heard the statement, she was complaining she was actually debating. She said, my

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husband does this and this and this and so on and so forth. Terrible things. And so Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was trying to calm her down and was trying to you know, tell her Okay, we'll see what will happen and Allah subhanho wa Taala heard this, obviously he knows but he revealed verses that we are reciting today. Cada Samia.

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Allah has heard the woman who is pleading with you regarding her husband and complaining to Allah subhanho wa Taala

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and these verses and I invite you to read the meaning of these verses.

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They continue in Surah cambogia della, where Allah subhanho wa Taala says we heard and the rulings thereafter, we are not going to go into them, but we want to draw a lesson. My brothers and sisters, let's address the brothers here.

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Sometimes you know the way you speak to your spouse is so hurtful, but she has nowhere to go. Why you married her? Perhaps she doesn't want to burden her parents with what you've done. And perhaps she has nowhere else to turn. And perhaps you are oppressing her by swearing her by beating her up May Allah protect us never to be like that. That is totally prohibited my brothers and sisters, and perhaps we might be suffocating him, causing depression, perhaps driving her to suicidal thoughts. I love those these verses are telling you my brothers that Allah has heard he is watching is the complaint is received and he will deal with you.

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Now safeguard us, is it worth it? make life easy for your spouse's gala protect us. Why is this West revealed the first verse of Sudoku yada,

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yada is saying we heard what she's saying. And we know she's complaining to us. Where else is she going to go? Allah says, here's the solution. And the solution because of the statement that this man was attending and I can let you know what it was. Now that she was a little bit older, he did not want to fulfill her rights of intimacy. So he started telling her you know what, you are just like my mother man.

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Which means you're like her arm on me. How can I even be intimate with you? And Allah says, You shall fulfill the rights of that spouse of yours. You cannot have just abused her when she was young. You married her now that she's given birth to your children, you want to discard and flick her off, you need to realize all what she did was definitely because she was in your company and she did it for you, after the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us goodness, you should appreciate the fact that they have grown older with you, you need to honor them and you need to respect them very soon we will die returning to Allah like we said, when we have

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lived our lives in the proper manner, we will enter Paradise and we will be able to achieve the eternal peace. When we see our own spouses in paradise. We will be shocked as to the perfection of this particular person. Absolutely perfect. We will not want anyone besides them yet. If we were to tell you here you're going to have the same husband. Oh, some of the sisters will say Haha, is there any way else I could go besides that paradise? Allah protect us. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us goodness really, it's about time we resolved our matters. Remember, if you are suffocating someone in silence and they cannot turn to anyone but Allah, Allah says we will definitely get back

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to you. At some stage somehow we know how we are going to get back to you. You don't oppress my worshipers who happen to be females whom I know how close they are to me how much they've sacrificed. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us and grant us goodness.

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And may Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us from being from amongst those who this is happening to in reverse, which means sometimes and I see the brothers are looking at me so gloomy, and I see sometimes it might be happening the other way around the same applies. Just remember that I hope that particular little, you know, interjection would have helped us May Allah subhanho wa Taala open our doors, then you know Allah makes mention of something very, very powerful Also, many times we have little meetings you know, today I'm talking to you it's public Mashallah, it's open for my brothers and sisters in Islam, and even the non Muslims perhaps we may have a few seated somewhere

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here. Remember one thing my brothers and sisters, when we have meetings in closed doors or behind closed doors, what is the reason we are having those meetings? The Quran discusses this. Allah says in verse number nine of the same surah Yeah.

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Man oh you who believe he that

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when you have your little closed private meetings falletta Believe me will

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never ever be discussing sin, meaning how to engage in sin, or enmity or transgression against the command of the Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, when you have those close private meetings, they should be tanager will be between what toccoa righteousness and piety. Talk to people, you have a closed door meeting to solve problems. You have a closed door meeting to do something good you have a closed door meeting to earn closeness to Allah you never have a private meeting in order to in order to plan how to transgress and how to do the wrong things. May Allah protect us? This is how deep the Quran goes. And this is peace. This is when we achieve peace. People want to call you to a private

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meeting tell them what are you calling me for Is it a Good meeting where we are going to discuss some growth of the oma we are going to discuss some form of bringing us together or

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are we discussing how to separate and divide? If that's the case I don't want to come but if we are calling if you're calling me for a good reason, I will be the first one there. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us

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now Mashallah, the other verse verse number 11 of the same surah it applies to us right here right now. So Hannah, do you see how we are seated Mashallah, we are seated very close to each other. Sometimes a brother might want to walk out you know, you have some people walking out maybe because they need the bathroom or something has happened or it's an emergency. It happens. Whenever you are told to make space. The Quran says imagine how deep Allah goes. When you are seated in a gathering and you are told to make space make space allow will make space for you. That's what the Quran says. And when you are told to get up, get up Allah subhanho wa Taala will bless you Subhana Allah,

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imagine how deep the teachings are. Today we feel bad. So how Allah I am not saying intentionally walked through the people who have Allah, you know, someone sent me a WhatsApp little clip, I'm sure might have done it around here where they say there were people sitting in Jumeirah you see it, and one man, he crossed, he moved the shoulders and he went forth. So these three youngsters were sitting in the first soft or the second sub, they were disturbed, and the man is speaking, and then someone else cross, they will disturb the game. And when the third man cost, they just caught him, threw him down and started beating him up to say, Hey, don't you know don't disturb us. Obviously,

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that is foolish. But at the same time, the lesson drawn from it is powerful. You do not unnecessarily tap shoulders and walk forward. If there is a necessity. Maybe you may do so. But if it's not necessary, do not disturb people. On top of that, remember when you enter the house of Allah subhanho wa Taala try and sit in the way that you are feeling from the beginning from the front. Because if I see a gap right in the front and you haven't filled it, it's my right to tap you on the shoulders and go in front because you haven't filled this up. So people sometimes get upset to say, why are you crossing here? Why don't you think and way back, you know, but brother You left

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a gap in the front is it's not my fault. You want the devil to city, I know the city and I'm not the devil. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us protection. Allah open our doors. So Allah says, iva de la la,

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la la come when you are told to make space in a gathering make space Allah will make space for you.

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Amazing, verse number 11. Perhaps we should go home and read that verse by the will of Allah you will be surprised as to the depth, the depth with which the Quran has discussed these matters that affect us on a daily basis. Let's take a look at sewer sewer Crusher, I want to raise one point, Allah makes mention of the mohajir in those people who were basically driven out of muckety muck karma and they made the migration to Medina, they were known as Maha God. But Allah also makes mention of the unsung and Allah calls them the successful Hawaiian whether unsalted, successful because they had some qualities in them. those qualities brought about peace, harmony and

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tranquility across the oma at a time when really it would not have been achieved unless these qualities were there coupled with the consciousness of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So look at what Allah says. One Latina

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woman Yoko Shahar FC una.

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Allah describes those unsolved, who opened up their houses to the mind, the ones who migrated to them, they opened up their houses, they love them, and they did not find in their hearts any form of negativity towards them, or they gave whatever they needed with an open heart with an open really with an open heart in the in the way or in a manner that even if they needed something desperately, the fact that they needed it more than us it was given Allahu Akbar. Imagine this. This means or this in the Arabic language is called an ethos you with your own Allah and force him to give preference to others over yourself. We are losing this in the oma today. Today even if it's just a

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seat, we will say no let me choose the big spot but there is an elderly uncle behind so what you should have come early. That's the attitude today. No, give preference to them over yourself if you are squashed up a little bit. Allah will open your doors because you open the door for someone else. give preference to someone may Allah protect us. Today we are really suffocating because a lot of us are guilty of the opposite where we want the good things for ourselves. You know, you see yourself

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Have some losers and you go for the biggest one, Allah protectors. You can see it's Ramadan, can't you?

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So my brothers and sisters, this is something we need to know do not want everything nice only for yourself, learn to share things. Allah says, Whosoever can save themselves from the greed of their own of their own selves is the one who successful when you can protect yourself from your own greed, then you are successful. So you need to consider you need to give preference to others as well yes, at times it might come that Mashallah you have something and perhaps you know, the others are not competing for it, or maybe rightfully, it's yours, you've worked for it and so on. We are not saying it's not rightfully yours, perhaps it is. But consider what Allah is saying. If that thing is

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blowing you away from your brothers and sisters in Islam, give it away. Really, if something is creating a distance between you and your fellow brothers and sisters, you need to give that away. It's not healthy for you. It's not good for your spirituality. Now Allah subhanho wa Taala bless. So Allah describes the answer, and praises them because of these conditions that they had or these qualities that they had within them. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us. Now in order to Medina, Allah subhanho wa Taala says something very, very important.

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Today we say, you know, I hate this person. That's what we say, I hate them. And when we hate people, we've got no moderation in our hatred, we hate them completely. And we say bad things. And we go around doing whatever we have to to bring them down because of the hatred, without realizing that Allah can create a day when you two will be the best friends. Allah can do that.

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And sometimes you love someone so much that you drop your guard so they know all your secrets to the degree that the day something happens between the two of you, you are enslaved by the fact that they know more about you than anyone else. So allies warning us about this. Imagine how powerful it is. You want to have peace. Your enmity needs to be in moderation because that person can become your friend and your love for someone you need to realize tomorrow it can change Do you know May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us moderation the only one who will not let you down? is Allah subhanho wa Taala

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that's a guarantee he will not let you down. So Allah says verse number seven Soraka Montana

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as Allahu

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Allah subhanho wa Taala can create between you and those who are your enemies, love.

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Did you hear that? Allah can create between you and those who are your enemies love while long buddy, Allah is all able, Allahu

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Allah is most forgiving, Most Merciful. And this is what happened at the time of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, to be honest with you, some of those who had caused a lot of harm to Islam, when they uttered the Shahada, they were embraced, they became brothers, they were most loved. They became relatives as well. There was marriage between them, it can happen. So remember, do not hate without a limit. In fact, with us, let's use the word dislike. The word hate is a little bit heavy, especially in today's world. We say dislike it serves the same purpose, but it has it has a meaning that is more palatable. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us an understanding. So you dislike

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someone remember, deep down this person unlocking their heart something can happen that can make us related relation of the highest degree. AKA Madden your daughter gets married to their son, Allahu Allah open up the doors, Allahu Akbar. Really so this is why we say when you love someone my brothers and sisters you love in moderation meaning Mashallah you fulfill everything that you have to say, especially if it's a spouse, but we're talking here of perhaps a friend and acquaintance and so on certain things you need to know this is the limit.

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Beyond that, if you lower your guard, there may come a day when you regret it. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us all. inshallah, tomorrow will be the last episode of this particular series. We ask Allah to grant us goodness and ease to accept it from us and until inshallah we meet again then we say was Allahumma salli. ala nabina, Muhammad Subhan, Allah Subhana Allah Mohammed Nick, Allah Allah, Allah

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Allah