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0:00All praise belongs to Allah. He is the
0:01Lord of the world
0:04of every single world known to man and
0:06that which is unknown. He has no
0:08partner. He is one. And we uh send our
0:11praise to Allah subhana wa tala. And we
0:13are grateful to come together on this
0:15blessed and beautiful day in remembrance
0:17of Allah subhana wa ta'ala and
0:19fulfilling the command that he has told
0:20us specifically as men to come for the
0:23reminder so that you may be benefited
0:25and then go back out into the world and
0:27implement those teachings into your
0:29life. So this is a this is a blessing
0:32from Allah subhana wa ta'ala upon us to
0:34be able to come to
0:36receive a reminder and inshallah it's a
0:38beneficial one.
0:49Allah tells us, "Dear brothers and
0:51sisters, in the glorious Quran, all of
0:53you Muslims who claim to believe, all of
0:56you Muslims who claim that you submit
0:59yourselves to me, then grant me my
1:01right." Grant me my rights, which means
1:04to obey what it is that I have commanded
1:07you to do and stay away from that in
1:09which I have prohibited you from. And he
1:12also says, "Do not die except for in
1:15that state. No other state other than
1:18that one which is submission to Allah."
1:20And that is what a true Muslim is. Allah
1:23also says in his glorious Quran, "All of
1:25you Muslims who claim to believe, grant
1:28me my rights." in which we just
1:29mentioned from the verse before and then
1:31do this two actions.
1:34Say words that are good that hit the
1:37mark. Why is that? Because when you say
1:39good words, it will have an impact on
1:42your heart. And your heart is the one
1:44that delegates everything else of what
1:46the rest of your body does. So when you
1:48say good words, goodness will come on
1:50the inside of you and therefore it'll
1:52affect your heart and then your limbs.
1:54Cuz the next what Allah what next what
1:56Allah says? He says, "Then do good
1:58deeds, do righteous deeds." And when you
2:01do this formula, when you put this
2:03formula together, Allah subhana wa
2:05ta'ala will forgive you and I of
2:07everything that we've ever done. That's
2:09the formula of how we've really achieved
2:12true success within this world. And
2:14Allah says, "Whoever obeys him,
2:17Allah and his messenger Muhammad
2:19sallallahu alaihi wasallam,
2:22obeyance, obedience of Allah and his
2:24messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam."
2:26Then you have won.
2:28That means that you have won the
2:30ultimate victory, the most grand victory
2:32of any victories that you have ever
2:34witnessed in your life, which is to
2:36receive the pleasure of Allah subhana wa
2:38ta'ala. And for him to be pleased with
2:40you in
2:42with all of the righteous, with all of
2:44your loved ones, to never die, to never
2:47have to have any more obligations, but
2:49to have pure bliss in with Sallallahu
2:53Alaihi Wasallam and all of our loved
2:55ones. Say, may Allah subhanaa tala grant
2:57this to us. Dear brothers and sisters, I
3:00had to tell you today, mashallah,
3:02usually when I have a little bit of time
3:05because I haven't been in school
3:07teaching the youth, I've had a little
3:09bit of a break. And what I like to do is
3:12really zone in and focus on a specific
3:14subject. And regarding this subject,
3:18I've come across many different thoughts
3:20and my heart has just been expelling so
3:24much regarding it and my mind has been
3:27shifting on many topics of how to do
3:29this and speak to this uh uh this this
3:32this uh topic and how can I actually
3:35convey to you in such a short time. And
3:37because we don't I'mma do my because we
3:40don't have a lot of time. I'm gonna do
3:41my best to condense what it is that I'm
3:43feeling in my heart to give that to you
3:45and be isn't that you'll receive that
3:47with honor and beauty and want to do
3:49something to implement change within
3:51your lives and the change of the youth.
3:55Right now my focus is on the youth and I
3:58also want the parents to listen up
4:00because we were once them right and how
4:04is it that we can inculcate a beautiful
4:06relationship with the youth our children
4:09but the first thing for us to do is to
4:11understand that they are human beings
4:14and me speaking right now directly to
4:16the youth there's a way that you must be
4:20within this life firstly to set the
4:23standard brothers Brothers and sisters,
4:25we must understand the climate in which
4:28our young people are living in right
4:30right now and what are they subjected
4:32to. Sometimes as parents, we look at
4:36them and we think that their generation
4:38is extremely weak. We think that they
4:41are nonsensible.
4:43So we lower who they are and we feel
4:45like because of the things that we went
4:47through in our lives and because they
4:48didn't experience the same experiences
4:50as us, then that means that they are
4:52deficient.
4:53But you and I need to understand that
4:55they are going up against something that
4:57is much more stronger than what you and
4:59I were able to witness in our youth. And
5:02take it from me, a brother who was right
5:04in between you all. I'm a young parent
5:08and I'm about 15 to 16 17 years right
5:11above your children as well. So I'm
5:14right in the middle and I would really
5:15appreciate if Allah subhana ta grants me
5:17the ti to grant you uh to give you a
5:19story that will embive love and
5:21inculcation inside of your heart of
5:24implementing
5:26uprightness into your life. And so for
5:28the youth I'm speaking directly to you
5:30right now to the young men in here and
5:32to the young women. Allah tells us in
5:35his glorious Quran a chapter in which we
5:38should re be reciting at least every
5:39single Friday. just for your information
5:42that you will have protection from and
5:45any of the uh insinuations that he has
5:49and that he tries to oppose upon the
5:51believing people right and that's re
5:53reciting
5:55and what can we take from that I want to
5:57express a little bit from
6:00the people or the youth of the cave
6:07Allah tells us in the glorious Quran
6:33is fit.
6:51young people
6:53before I translate what these verses
6:55mean.
6:57parents to understand
6:59your youth are faced with many things in
7:02this society that tries to pull their
7:04attention away from the remembrance of
7:06Allah subhana wa ta'ala.
7:09The youth are in a position and where
7:12they are very impressionable
7:14and when they see goodness and truth
7:17meaning al Islam that is what they want
7:20to actually implement into their lives
7:22but they also have the side of where the
7:25shaitan tries to work hard and enamor
7:28them with the things in which that they
7:29love from the dunyas aspect
7:32and this is one of the first things like
7:34advertisements and if you and I
7:36understand what was the fall of our
7:38father Adam and his wife Haha, may Allah
7:42be pleased with them both. It was
7:45advertising.
7:46The shaitan said to Adam and Hah when
7:51Allah subhana wa ta'ala tells them to
7:52not come near this tree lest you be
7:55amongst the wrongdoers. They were
7:57tricked and yes they were lied to by the
7:59shaitan but nonetheless their desires
8:01were appealed to because he made up a
8:03lie to them telling them about some
8:05benefit that will come to them and that
8:07Allah will eventually have them pass
8:09away. But the first thing is an
8:12advertisement and this is the first way
8:14that the youth especially are called
8:17towards to start going towards the
8:19things in the world that we want to
8:20prevent them from going into youth. You
8:24have to be aware of your enemy. You have
8:27to be aware at what is calling you. You
8:29have to understand just because you are
8:31being raised up in a certain environment
8:34does not mean that that foundation in
8:36which you have been raised upon and what
8:37you've always seen in your life is what
8:39truth is. And this is generally why the
8:43youth go against or have issues with
8:45what Allah subhana wa ta'ala commands us
8:48to do within the glorious Quran because
8:50we seen more of what culture and society
8:53says and therefore we want to follow
8:55that because it entices the nef the ego.
8:59So translating these verses, Allah
9:02subhana wa ta'ala, he speaks to the
9:04prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam and
9:05the believers in general and he says,
9:08"Oh Muhammad, oh Muslims, do you think
9:11that the story of those youths of the
9:14cave and the inscriptions were just
9:16among our wondrous signs? Do you think
9:19this was something that was just relayed
9:21to you just because it was some uh not
9:25only just some miracle but just some
9:26random event that happened? youth. No,
9:30Allah subhana wa ta'ala will bless you
9:32and take care of you if you are dutiful
9:34to him within your youth. Meaning if you
9:37are upright, if you don't follow the
9:39crowd and what it is that they call you
9:41to, although this world is very
9:43enticing, you being one who is firm on
9:46your fithra and when your insides tell
9:49you, you know what, I probably shouldn't
9:51be doing this act. And although all of
9:54my friends or the people at my school
9:55may be going with a certain type of way
9:57and tradition, I something in me is
9:59telling me that this thing is wrong.
10:01Allah has given you that inside of
10:03yourself to be able to protect yourself
10:05and to stay within his fle so that he
10:07will grant you his protection and his
10:09blessings and increase you in honor and
10:11rank towards him.
10:13But it's what happens is when we succumb
10:16to that and we follow the peer pressure
10:18of society and what it is that they say
10:20and they call us towards that's when we
10:22start to go wrong
10:24and that's when we start to have this
10:26distant relationship with Islam because
10:28we want to do so bad what the rest of
10:30the world is calling us to. So what did
10:32these young people do to set the
10:35foundation of what it was? They lived in
10:38a society where they were told that you
10:40must do idol worship. So the all of
10:44society is commanding them and pushing
10:46them towards doing something that the
10:48rest of the people are doing. And so
10:50it's easy to fall in line. But these
10:53people these young people had a
10:56connection with
10:58Isaam
11:00as he was in between as these young
11:02group of people were in between the time
11:04of Isaam and the prophet Muhammad
11:06sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So they
11:08didn't fall for exactly what the this
11:10tyrant king was opposing upon them to do
11:13nor what the general society was
11:14following. They knew that Allah subhana
11:16wa ta'ala was one. So what did they do
11:20given all of the advertisements within a
11:23society? Follow this way. Do what it is
11:27that we do or you know what we don't
11:28like you guys and we'll castigate you to
11:30the side because you believe in one god
11:32whilst all of us and our forefathers
11:34worship more than one. We'll castigate
11:36you aside. We'll ostracize you. So now
11:40peer pressure comes on the young people.
11:42So it's easy to give into what it is
11:43that the people of the society says
11:45because it feels like there's a benefit
11:47right now and you know what nobody will
11:49say anything about me right but no Allah
11:52is showing us and he tells us these
11:54stories for a purpose and he wants us to
11:57understand these stories and actually
11:58implement them into our lives. So
12:01continuing forward, these young people,
12:03they called to Allah when they were
12:04running away from these people and they
12:06come upon a cave because they didn't
12:08want to be subject to the rule of the
12:10people inside of that town who were
12:12worshiping idols. So they run seeking
12:16refuge. This is the first thing that
12:17they do. They run to Allah subhana tala
12:19literally physically. They get away and
12:22they remove themselves from the
12:24situation in which is impeding upon
12:26them. The next thing they do, they make
12:29dua to Allah subhana wa ta'ala.
12:32They say,
12:40they say, "Oh Allah, we have run away
12:43from these people seeking you. So grant
12:46us your mercy because we have taken
12:49action to remove ourselves from what it
12:51is that the people in this society calls
12:53us towards. drugs, gambling,
12:56intoxication,
12:57uh intermingling with the opposite
12:59gender, so forth and so on. We've run
13:02away from that and we're asking you to
13:03dispel your mercy upon us, oh Allah,
13:06and make a way out of this constricted
13:09situation for us. Give us a way out of
13:12what the society is telling us is only
13:14there for us to go and grasp. Continuing
13:16forward,
13:18what does Allah do next? because they
13:20took the they did action and then they
13:24made dua right they had to in Allah
13:27subhana wa ta'ala so they took the means
13:29by running away and then they
13:30supplicated to their lord showing that
13:32they trust in Allah subhana wa ta'ala
13:34and now he answers their dua
13:37continuing Allah subhana wa ta'ala says
13:45foreign.
14:11Was it
14:14for
14:34mashallah.
14:36So what's so beautiful about this story?
14:38Allah then says after them making dua
14:41and seeking refuge within Allah by going
14:43to the cave, Allah then caused a miracle
14:46to happen and he caused sleep to
14:48overcome their ears for a multitude of
14:51years.
14:53And then what Allah then caused them to
14:55do because it was two factions, two
14:57groups of youth who came together at
14:58this same time running away from the uh
15:01tyrant and the persecution of these
15:03people who wanted them to accept the
15:06society the societal standards and norms
15:08at the time. So they run away to this
15:10cave and Allah put sleep over them. And
15:13then Allah says that there was two
15:15groups of them in which he woke them up
15:17after some time so that they can decide
15:19and speak about how long was it that
15:22they actually happened to be inside of
15:23the cave. So some of them thought that
15:26they were just they slept for just a few
15:28hours. Some of them thought maybe it was
15:30a day or two in which we had been in
15:32here. So they devised a plan eventually
15:35to uh go out into the city and then they
15:38found out that they were blessed with a
15:40miracle that they had been sleeping as
15:41Allah subhana wa ta'ala says 300 years.
15:44Some of the scholars say that this was
15:45300 solar years and 309 lunar years. Now
15:49what a miracle and look at the way that
15:51Allah subhana wa ta'ala relieved them of
15:53their situation and how much they were
15:54blessed. And we'll speak about that at
15:56the end of this story. Continuing though
15:58with these verses, Allah says that we
16:01tell you their story in truthfulness
16:04and we tell you it with full conviction.
16:07Truly, these were a young group of
16:09people. They were teenagers and younger
16:12than 18 years old. They were young
16:14people who believed in their Lord. So
16:16Allah subhana wa ta'ala increased them
16:20in their faith and in guidance. Young
16:23people, I'm calling out to you directly.
16:27Stay upright within your religion.
16:30Listen to what it is that your parents
16:31do their best to try to teach you.
16:33Listen to your local scholars and what
16:35it is that they preach towards you.
16:37Actually take in that information and
16:39implement it into your lives when you're
16:41standing face to face with the decision
16:43of uh inciting the desires that call to
16:46towards you within this society. when
16:48you live up to them and you sacrifice
16:51for Allah's sake, you sacrifice the way
16:54that you want to live right now. You
16:55sacrifice the gaze that you that you
16:57want to take right now. You sacrifice
16:59fulfilling all of your lust, so forth
17:01and desires right now, Allah subhana wa
17:03ta'ala will put you in the most blessed
17:06of situations if you remain patient
17:08right now. That's what Allah subhana wa
17:10ta'ala wants to see from you because he
17:12understands the difficulty that the
17:14youth go through from all of what they
17:16have inside of them.
17:18Allah knows what you're up against, but
17:20Allah witnesses your sacrifice and he
17:23will bless you through that because you
17:25did what it took to remain firm within
17:27faith of him Allah subhana wa ta'ala and
17:30following the way of his messenger
17:31Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
17:34So I encourage myself and I encourage
17:37you all to take a step back and what it
17:40is that we can actually do to implement
17:42these stories that Allah subhana wa
17:44ta'ala gives us within the glorious
17:45Quran to benefit ourselves. Youth know
17:49that you are way stronger than what it
17:51is that you think you may that you may
17:53be. But you do have to take the proper
17:57precautions in order to put yourself in
17:59a good position to respond in the best
18:01way that Allah subhana wa ta'ala wants.
18:03You cannot think that you can go out
18:06into society and have these things that
18:09converge against your desires and pull
18:11at you and you can be inside of there
18:13and remain faithful. You have to put a
18:16barrier between yourself and those
18:18things. For example, and we'll speak
18:20more about this in the second hudba in
18:21relation to what the parents can do to
18:23help out their youth. But if you have a
18:25cell phone for example and you struggle
18:28with looking at things that you're not
18:30supposed to look at, well then you have
18:32to find a means in order to put a
18:34barrier between yourself and that thing
18:36that you happen to look at. And parents,
18:38we should be understanding regarding our
18:40youth and be able to have these
18:41conversations so they so that they don't
18:43feel afraid of speaking with us. I'll
18:46tell you this, I work with many youth in
18:48a community. There have been young
18:50people who have literally come to me and
18:53spoken to me about wanting to commit
18:54suicide, God forbid, because they cannot
18:58have a conversation with their parents
18:59about things that they want to fulfill
19:01in their lives. I ask you,
19:04why is it that the case that the your
19:06your youth your kids cannot come to you
19:08and speak about real life issues because
19:11it bothers you or because it's something
19:13that you may not have done in your
19:15youth. So now you make them feel bad
19:18about the experiences that they are
19:19going through. There was once upon a
19:22time when your baby was a baby. You
19:25listen to every cry. You get up in the
19:28middle of the night to go and attend to
19:29them and to their needs. But is it now
19:32because their cries come with a voice
19:35and their cries come with maybe an
19:37attitude that you dislike or their cries
19:40come with an appeal to you about
19:42something in which you wouldn't have
19:43done? So now you don't want to attend to
19:46them.
19:47What are we doing in reality with our
19:49youth? And how are we going to benefit
19:51these people? On the day of judgment,
19:53you are going to be asked about your
19:55children,
19:57men. You'll be asked about your
19:59household and how were you with your
20:00wives? How were you with your children?
20:03NOT ONLY JUST TO PROVIDE AND PROTECT for
20:04them, but did you nourish them
20:06spiritually and mentally?
20:09Did you do the things that it TAKE TO
20:10REFINE YOURSELF AND YOUR SOUL? Or did
20:13you just only give commands for the
20:15mothers?
20:17Did you do the same thing? Did you learn
20:19and look at the best and most astute of
20:22women from the sunnah? The wives of the
20:24prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Did
20:26you try to lead your life in that way
20:28for your daughters,
20:30for your young men? Did you try to set
20:32an example or did you just stay with the
20:33standard of what society says? You women
20:36also will be asked about your household
20:39and how you took care of your husband's
20:41children. Did you nourish them with
20:43Islam? Did you walk it, not just talk
20:46it? Every person on the day of judgment
20:49is going to be asked about their
20:50responsibilities.
20:53What is a responsibility? That means
20:55that you are able to provide an adequate
20:57response to Allah subhana wa ta'ala when
21:00you're standing before him.
21:03So what are you doing to take or what
21:05means are you taking in act uh to to
21:08actuate true effect and real change? You
21:11and I have to be concerned about our
21:14inward selves.
21:16You and I have to understand that there
21:18are people that we can actually
21:20effectuate change within and that has to
21:22be the people of our household. That is
21:24the microcosm of society. You wonder why
21:27society is so bad? It's because of
21:29what's going on in households.
21:32The household is a microcosm of the
21:34macro which is the larger ummah.
21:39So when you say what's wrong with
21:41society,
21:42what's happening to the people, YOU
21:44SHOULD BE ASKING WHAT'S HAPPENING to
21:46you, what's wrong with you? Are you
21:49following the sunnah or is it a weird
21:52thing now? Because if our young people
21:54feel like getting married, what are you
21:57talking to me about marriage? How dare
21:59you?
22:00How dare you? You got to go to college.
22:03You have to get your degree. Then you
22:05have to get a home. Do you see what your
22:07young people are scrutinized to? No,
22:11you're not. You're not listening to
22:13them. They're crying and they're
22:15pleading because there's things that
22:16they need. And young people, because I
22:17mentioned marriage and yes, the prophet
22:19sallallahu alaihi wasallam did say that
22:21if the young people are able to get
22:23married, then they should be. And if
22:24they can't, then they should fast.
22:26Because the prophet sallallahu alaihi
22:28wasallam knows how strong the desires of
22:31the young people are. Now just because I
22:33say that as well young people that does
22:35not give you the right to hang something
22:36over your parents because there's many
22:38things that you have to learn in
22:39relation to what marriage is so that you
22:41are fully responsible before engaging in
22:43on something like that. But parents
22:45these should be conversations that your
22:47par your children should be able to have
22:48with you. They shouldn't have to be
22:50afraid because then they resort to worse
22:51matters.
22:54It's not better to look at something and
22:56to mess with yourself rather than
22:59actually getting married and benefiting
23:01yourself through the way of the prophet
23:02sallallahu alaihi wasallam. But again,
23:05because of what society says, what
23:06you're married at 18, 19, 20, that's so
23:10weird. Because of what society says,
23:13we're going to follow them, right?
23:16But Allah says in the beginning of this
23:18as we says whoever obeys Allah subhana
23:21wa ta'ala and his messenger Muhammad
23:23sallallahu alaihi wasallam will have
23:24true victory.
23:28That's how we succeed
23:31following the way of Allah subhana wa
23:33tala and his messenger Muhammad
23:34sallallahu alaihi wasallam. THE
23:36MESSENGER TOLD US THAT THIS DEAN STARTED
23:37OFF weird
23:40and they will RETURN TO THAT. WHY ARE WE
23:42AFRAID TO FOLLOW THE WAY OF ALLAH
23:44subhana wa tala and his messenger and
23:46making it difficult in our youth?
23:50It's not weird.
23:52What's weird IS FALLING SUBJECT TO WHAT
23:54SOME NOT NON-BELIEVERS SAY.
23:58ALHAMDULILLAH.
24:08I've said my first speech. I seek
24:10forgiveness of Allah for myself and for
24:12you all and for the entirety of the
24:13Muslim ummah. So turn your ways orient
24:17reorient yourself to the way of Allah
24:19subhana wa tala and his messenger
24:20Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam and
24:22seek Allah's forgiveness for being on
24:23the opposite side or being contrary
24:25towards that truly Allah is the all
24:27forgiven the most merciful
24:49Alhamdulillah.
25:09All praise belongs to Allah subhana wa
25:11ta'ala. the Lord of the worlds, dear
25:13brothers and sisters. And there is no
25:15animosity from Allah subhana wa ta'ala
25:18upon any of us except for those who
25:19practice oppression.
25:25And he is a safety net for those who
25:28have consciousness of him within their
25:30day-to-day lives.
25:34Please forgive me for the emotion that
25:37expels or that has come out from this
25:40speech. You know, there's one thing that
25:42I've been speaking with my brother about
25:45uh in society right now. They talk about
25:46this quote unquote Islamic dilemma. And
25:50this is something that comes from uh
25:52Christian pundits who try to uh
25:54basically
25:56move people away from Islam. But you
25:58know, after having this conversation
26:00with myself about us in our state as a
26:03ummah, that's what the true Islamic
26:06dilemma actually is. is us not actually
26:09converging and finding ways and
26:11solutions to actually live the way that
26:14Allah subhana wa ta'ala has intended us
26:16in intended for us and following the way
26:17of his messenger sallallahu alaihi
26:18wasallam. We've allowed this western
26:21culture to tell us uh that we must abide
26:24by a certain way and it's strange if you
26:26don't uh abide by our way and if you
26:29follow the way of your lord you're
26:30you're weird or you're strange and we've
26:33actually subjected ourselves to this
26:35thought and this belief and many of us
26:37can actually sit here and have a real
26:39conversation with our own selves and say
26:41you know what I have had this perception
26:43that the west has given to me. We're not
26:47going to succeed brothers and sisters if
26:48we don't come together. If we don't come
26:51to learn, if we don't come to gatherings
26:53of remembrance to understand and learn
26:55how is it that we can actually affect
26:56change the change has to be within
26:59yourself. The change has to be you
27:02understanding what can I do to make an
27:04impact on my family by living the life
27:07or the way of the messenger of Allahh
27:09sallallahu alaihi wasallam as best as I
27:11can. That's how my wife will change a
27:15certain way. That's how my children will
27:17change and respond a certain way. But if
27:19you keep up the same ways in which you
27:21are behaving, do you truly want to die
27:23upon that? Do you truly want to be
27:26questioned about that? Because it's
27:28coming and there is nothing that we can
27:30do to run away from that. And you and I
27:33can really have a true uh uh uh effect
27:36on transforming the society. We really
27:39can.
27:40We really can. But we need to come
27:43together. And I'm not talking about
27:45solely on the Friday, which is good for
27:47us to do, but other days throughout the
27:49week and dedicate our time, learn who
27:51our shuyuk are within the community,
27:53meaning our teachers, come and sit and
27:55learn some lessons so you can know the
27:57prophetic sunnah. And then you can start
27:58making those changes within your home.
28:00But if you don't have any connection to
28:03the Quran, if you don't have any
28:05connection to the s of the prophet
28:07sallallahu alaihi wasallam, how are you
28:09going to be inspired to change?
28:13That's up to you to have a conversation
28:15with yourself and then after that that's
28:17up to you to sit down with your family
28:18and have that conversation together.
28:22Alhamdulillah.
28:33Oh Allah, we ask that you guide us to
28:34your straight path. that you forgive us
28:35of our sins and our wrongdoings and that
28:37you um reorient our
28:41uh way of thought and the way that we
28:43implement this dean into our lives. Oh
28:46Allah, we ask that you change that lens
28:47from the uh from this this western lens
28:49and change it to the lens of the way of
28:52rasool of sallahu alaihi wasallam and
28:54the companions. Oh Allah, we ask that
28:56you embibe love in between our hearts
29:00and honor, humility and understanding.
29:02Oh Allah, we ask that you bring our
29:04hearts together to work with one another
29:06and to be the best of of nations within
29:08this time that you have uh put us uh put
29:11us in front of. Oh Allah, we ask that
29:13you grant us the best of what it is that
29:15we have asked for and the best of what
29:16it is that we have not. We ask that you
29:18raise the oppression around the world
29:19that are being afflicted upon our Muslim
29:21brothers and sisters mentally,
29:23physically, and spiritually. Oh Allah,
29:24and if you decide not to, oh Allah, we
29:27ask that you grant us understanding and
29:29that you grant them the highest and most
29:30lofty uh entrances and entrances into
29:34your Oh Allah, and relieve them of their
29:37pains and their sufferings.
29:51Allah subhana wa ta'ala commands you and
29:53I to do three things which is to do good
29:56deeds, be upright and to give to those
29:58who are close to us, our children, our
30:01families, our neighbors and so forth and
30:03so on. And he forbids that uh three
30:05things for us that which is blamew
30:07worthy uh that which is oppressive and
30:10that which uh brings evil to society. He
30:13reminds you and I so that we may take
30:15heed
30:18Remember
30:23Allah subhana wa ta'ala the grand much
30:26and he shall surely remember you and I
30:28and thank him much for the blessings
30:29that he has given you and I and he will
30:31give us even more.

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