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The Road back to Allah (SWT) (Ft. Sheikh Nuru Mohammed) · After Maghrib 🌙

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  So now welcome everyone and welcome back to the Aftermath
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  podcast. We thought we'd try something
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  new, but I don't think so. That is used to it.
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  Yeah. I hope everyone's doing well.
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  And Charlotte hope family is good and you've had a good week,
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  brother. Sisters, we've been continuing
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  with our theme on connecting with our last man to Allah prior
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  to Shahramovan in these holy months of Rajab and Shahaban.
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  And today, Shah, we want to continue that discussion.
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  Are you losing your connection with the last founders to Allah?
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  Do you feel hopeless at times? Is there moments in your days
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  where you think, what am I doing?
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  I feel completely reluctant to to engage with the people around
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  me move forward. So if so, this is a conversation
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  you need to stay in touch with and continue Charlotte until the
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  end of the discussion. We have an incredibly special
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  guest, but before we introduce our beloved scholar, firstly as
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  always, said Ali Rodoi. So Alec will say this.
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  How? Are you keeping bro?
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  If you're well, I'm well. I'm always well every week I'm
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  in your presence. Every week I see you here in
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  inshallah this, this, this love and my heart that continues.
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  To. Grow, I'm blossom inshallah, we
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  never feel alone. Inshallah, Inshallah.
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  And today we definitely don't feel alone because we have
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  someone who means a lot to you and me, our teacher, he has,
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  he's been, I think in many ways like a father figure to us as
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  individuals off, you know, outside of filming and
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  everything. He's taught us so much and we're
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  really honoured to be joined by Shakuna Mohammed.
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  Thank you so much for coming. Great pleasure.
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  Thank you so much for having me, man.
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  It's been nearly two years. We've been waiting for you to
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  join. I'm a fan of after my group and
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  I watch it always. For me, that's we've grown.
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  Up watching you and. We're proud to have you, man.
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  Leading the youth man, and Leading the Give It Up Man.
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  We inshallah this is these are the blessings that we get from
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  you. No, no, no.
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  It's a great pleasure, man, You guys.
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  I was telling Ahmed, I'll share with the with the podcast those
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  listening that you know you praised us and that we accept
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  every praise, but it's all thanks to the likes of yourself
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  and those in the service of of this religion.
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  And we learn. And in Charlotte we do our best.
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  To share what we have the lighting and I'll accept and
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  we'll continue to strengthen you with your.
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  Daughters, so of course very important discussion.
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  But before we kind of get into it, I want to break the ice if
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  that's OK. With your permission.
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  I have a question. This is this is the late night
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  buzz. So for those who don't know
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  Sheikh Nuru of the member, this is the time inshallah, they get
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  to know I have a question. I have two questions for you.
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  If you could have dinner with any figure in history, one
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  religious figure and one non religious figure, what would
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  they be and what would you talk about?
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  Wow. Religious figure?
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  You mean infallible or? Anyone.
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  Anyone. One religious figure and one non
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  Islamic figure so. Religious figure will be Mama
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  Ali Ali. I always admire Imam Ali Ali
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  Salaam. I would love to sit next to Imam
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  Ali Ali Salaam. So that's a dream.
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  In general. In general.
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  How would you approach that conversation?
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  Where would you begin? I I will.
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  I will keep looking at him. I think I'll be speechless.
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  Yeah. Sitting next to Imam Ali.
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  I think it will be enough. Yeah.
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  If one gets that opportunity, when it will be more than
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  enough? Man, Inshallah.
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  And. How about a non religious
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  figure? Non religious figure.
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  In history and what would you talk about?
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  Oh wow. In history I think non religious
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  figure. I will go to Nelson Mandela
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  because I lived in South Africa, of course, and I got to know
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  what Nelson Mandela did. So meeting Nelson Mandela, the
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  first question I would ask him is how did he do it with all
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  those pressures? A lot of pressure, a lot of
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  challenges. How did he do it?
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  I would like to know. Nelson Mandela wasn't hypocrite.
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  I like what we witnessed today. Yeah, from most of the leaders.
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  He was solid, man. And he said we will never our
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  freedom will not exist until the Palestine is.
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  Absolutely. The freedom of Palestine was
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  crucial to South Africa. That's why I'm proud of South
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  Africa. South Africa are killing it.
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  Solid, yeah. Yeah.
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  And if I have, I have a last question.
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  Yeah, if you had, if a middleman, Manin, Alice, or
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  let's say Mom and Matthew, if he was to honor us or to honor you
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  if he was to come to your house. Yeah, wow.
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  What would you feed the Holy Imam?
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  Oh. Oh wow, what a question.
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  I will literally go out of my. I will give Imam everything.
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  Allah Allah. I will say Imam your instruction
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  or order is confirmable I. Said.
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  Just tell me what you want. This man is so bad.
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  Whatever you want to let me know, I will go out of my way.
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  Even if I have to fly to get it for you.
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  I will spend literally whatever I have to fly.
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  I said. I said.
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  Law, Law, Definitely, Sheriff. That's what we're looking for.
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  Inshallah, inshallah becomes a reality.
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  We pray, we pray. We.
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  Pray man they are our role models.
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  Man, I. Said, said.
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  Where should we stop? Now I'm thinking about being in
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  general, that he'll bait and Charlotte a dream come true.
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  Yeah, we bring. It for all of us but you know
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  just echoing echoing Nelson Mandela.
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  Mandela, sorry. And I think the the chef bring a
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  very valid example that we can use here today.
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  And I think the theme we want to set is like, are we alone when
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  we have Allah? And I think, I think this is
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  where we should begin. And I think speaking about
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  recent events, I think let's start to hit, you know, like
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  Palestinians. And I think to be fair and to
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  use them as the biggest example everyone can relate to around
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  the world, they feel alone and they feel isolated from almost
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  every country around the world. Yet subhanallah, eyewitness and
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  the world witnesses that they're still resilient and they still
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  stand firm and have hope and Allah.
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  Subhanahu matala that whatever, you know, affliction that comes
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  toward them, they will still say al hamdulillah.
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  They will still say Hasbro, Allah.
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  When I'm al wakir, I mean for someone to have that sort of
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  belief and tawakkul and you know, hope and a loss upon with
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  Allah that inshallah the forage does come to them, how do they
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  reach that stage? Span.
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  Allah, how can one never feel alone when when physically the
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  entire globe has left them alone but their connection with the
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  law is still alive? How do they reach that stage?
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  Like how can we learn to be like them?
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  Yeah. That's basically the essence of
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  life. And I like what you mentioned
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  earlier on, you know, they are our inspirations or their
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  brothers and sisters in Palestine when you hear them,
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  especially those young kids reciting verses of the Holy
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  Quran beautifully. And those verses, if you reflect
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  on them, realize that they are in relation to the challenges
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  they are faced with, but then referring everything to a lot of
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  us. So definitely number one, they
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  are our source of inspirations and we live in a very difficult
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  world to begin with. We are surrounded with
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  complexity and toxicity. It's easy for one to give up.
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  It's easy for one to say, you know what, there's no any hope.
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  And this is where the importance of being a believer or even a
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  Muslim emanate from. You are a believer or a Muslim
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  because of these type of challenges and days that will
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  come to you. Say the entire world is closed,
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  blocked that belief. I believe in one God.
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  God is there. These are the moments one needs
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  to remember that. You know what?
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  I don't believe in anyone like this.
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  I believe in one God who is encompassing, who is everyone.
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  So first, look at Palestinians. They are demonstrating that
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  practically that regardless of the challenges you are going
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  through in your life, if you still believe in God, you'll
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  keep going and they keep. I know for a fact these
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  Palestinians are more happier than us.
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  They've understood the test of Allah.
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  They've understood it. So they are happy.
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  They're happy. And you see as a lover and a
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  follower of allel bait, remember to our Arafah of Imam ABI
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  Abdullah Hussain Ali. It's unknown to all of us this
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  line, we always quote this line. What has he found?
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  Who has lost you and what has he lost?
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  Was found you and? You.
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  Know Imam said Abdeen mentioned. If I am to lose literally
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  everything in my life and I tend to the East and there's nothing
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  to the West and there's nothing and I have Quran with me, I will
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  not suffer from loneliness. So even God is there.
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  But yes, easier said than done. I know it's very hard.
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  So first step towards bringing that hope to you, my dear
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  brothers and sisters. It's what they call Telaquino,
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  Nafsi, self inspiration. Keep inspiring yourself.
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  God is there. It's like you go to write an
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  exams. When you get there you realise,
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  no man, I've forgotten all that I read last night or two weeks
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  ago. Why?
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  Are you going to stop the exams? No, you'll still go.
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  But what motivates you? Normally God is there.
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  It will be OK. God is there.
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  You know, I'll seek the intercession of Allah by it, You
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  know it will be OK. This one they call always keep
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  inspiring yourself. You know what God is there.
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  If Palestinians look happy, I'll also be happy or I can't be
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  happy. So don't give up.
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  God is the last who will never reject you.
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  Remember that. That's why he said in Addis
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  local see or the son of Adam. I love you with my whole
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  existence. But why when I come to you, run
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  away from me. Don't run away from me.
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  I love you and I will accept you the way you are.
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  I just need you to appreciate me, to Remember Me.
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  That's why he said Anna in the zombie app DB.
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  He said I am next to that servant who begin to imagine me
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  just by thinking of God. He said I'm next to you and then
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  he went further. He said, Doc, I will be there
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  literally, physically if you sit next to me.
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  Meanwhile you Remember Me. So therefore, brothers and
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  sisters, the last thing in life is to lose hope.
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  And Allah said, don't, I will accept you.
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  Beautiful. And there's there's there's so
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  many lessons especially to talk about today.
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  I have a million questions for you.
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  I don't, I don't want to. I know where time is limited and
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  I don't want to. Ask three in the in the
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  beginning I've already. Asked 3 So hopefully I'll keep
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  the one. Inshallah.
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  So, so firstly, I just want to add to the Palestine point
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  because I find it absolutely heartbreaking what's happening.
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  The the, the abandonment that these people have had, the
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  stories, the graphics, the videos, it doesn't shake the
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  world as much as it should. A lot of us are shaken, but if
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  the world was truly affected and touched, there would be an
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  intercession from them, for them, for aid.
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  And there should be, you know, the requirements that these,
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  these children require. You know there's there's
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  unfortunately complete abandonment subhanallah even the
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  the Arab world have abandoned them.
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  Said you always mentioned this as well.
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  The Arab world. I read today there's 15 Arab
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  prime ministers, 4 Arab kings, two Arab Princess and they've
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  all abandoned Philistine. So inshallah we pray for them
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  and we pray that we can be amongst those who are part of
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  their liberation in any way. The Hadith and Hadi Prophet
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  Muhammad Sallallahu alaihi alaihi wasallam where he says as
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  shekhar you can correct me if I'm wrong.
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  When you see a wrong, intercede with your hands.
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  And if. Not with your hand and with your
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  tongue and if not with your tongue, with your heart.
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  So inshallah we can we can do all of the above.
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  Inshallah, when we when it comes to specifically Imam Al Mehdi Al
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  Sharif, we are seeing the days of the the whole.
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  Yesterday, say Mushtaro was behind the scenes sent us a
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  video of a guy on TikTok who's claiming to be a Mahmahdi.
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  So whether or whether or not people take it seriously, the
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  conversation is happening. The signs are coming, but a lot
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  of us as a community are trying to find a bridge to connect with
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  the Holy Imam and finding Allah sponsor Allah through the Adel
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  bait. Is is, in my whole humble
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  opinion, it's an easier way to connect with the Adel bait of
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  Islam. Is that maybe a good way for us
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  to go? And is it too much for us to
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  expect someone who has lost Allah sponsor Allah to go
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  through the Adel bait? Or how should they approach it?
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  No, definitely. That's the quickest way and the
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  best way and that is why we love our health, but they are our
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  means to salvation, meaning to a lot of our culture.
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  Allah, yes, there is a room. If a person wants to go to Allah
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  by him or herself, that room is there.
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  But we have this room that if you want to go to Allah, you've
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  got channels. These channels will hold your
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  hand, they will guide you to Allah.
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  And the current channel this is Abbas Ali Al Mahadi.
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  He's the Imam of our time. So first in first we need to be
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  able to build that love relationship with the Imam and
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  in return we get to connect with Almighty Allah, Tabarakal Allah.
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  Why is it so easy to build with Imam?
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  Because yes Imam is physical. Yes we may not see Imam but we
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  know Imam somewhere is somewhere.
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  We may ask them to miss Levin. Yes we don't know his where
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  about but we know Imam is somewhere and the hours of Allah
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  by the narrations of Allah by it tell us this is the way Bina
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  bada Allah will be. Allah began with us and Allah
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  will end with us. We know we are channels to a lot
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  of our God Allah. So building love relationship
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  with the Imam of our time, for me, I think is the first step.
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  And there are some practical tips that brothers and sisters
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  can try in their own small way. You're not competing with
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  anyone. Be yourself in your own way.
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  Allah will make it easy for you and you may be fortunate why
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  not? Who knows to meet the Imam, any
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  man place his hand on top of your head.
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  Imam is alive, Imam is not Shahid, Imam is not dead.
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  So the first practical tip for me, you know brothers and
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  sisters, Imam is always in pain when he sees the nation of his
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  grandfather in pain. Typical example, Palestinians
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  are getting bombarded, Imam is in pain.
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  One soul is way too much for Imam.
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  When Allah tells us in the Holy Quran about the Holy Prophet
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  Aziz Una Alaihima anitum Hariz, Una alaikum Professor Allah
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  General and then towards the end he said what Menin mean what
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  man? I need 2 masses on early.
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  Whatever you go through of pain it's even more painful to the
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  Holy Prophet and Imam. Sai will assessment is a replica
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  of the Holy Prophet. Prophet was Sarah Haim, Imam is
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  Sarah Haim. So feel the pain of Imam and
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  that's the practical tip that lives are getting lost feel that
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  pain. When you feel that pain, it
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  means you're getting closer to building that relationship with
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  Imam Azaman. That's one practical tip.
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  Another practical tip is to do any form of charity in the name
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  of Imam Azaman. Donate towards Palestinians,
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  donate towards good causes. But said I am giving this
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  donation in the name of Imam Azaman.
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  It's a practical tip. Generosity and charity brings
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  tranquillity to the heart. And here you are doing it in the
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  name of Imam Azama. And tradition of the Prophet
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  tells us Tahadu tahabu give gift, do charity and you will be
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  loved. You know what you'll be able to
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  establish the love of Allah or the love of that person.
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  You are doing the charity in his name.
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  So it's very, very important. And another thing which they
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  call you know is the out of Imam Zel Abdeen and Vikram Hafee.
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  He did remembrance. You know what woman Ajati Ramzel
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  Abdeen. He said well Anisna vikar Al
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  Hafee, Allah console us with hidden remembrance.
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  You know what is hidden remembrance?
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  Hidden remembrance is what you connect whatever you do with
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  Allah. But I'm saying now with Imam
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  Zama. So with Allah we begin first.
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  Yeah Allah, I'm beginning this job.
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  If you are happy let it prosper otherwise let it crash.
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  Yeah Allah I'm travelling to Peterborough.
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  If you are happy let it be. If not let something happen.
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  I do not go. So This is why they call it.
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  You literally connect everything with Allah.
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  So we said look connect everything with Imam.
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  Yeah Allah, I'm doing this so long as it's policing to Imam,
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  let it happen. So when you do that what
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  happened Imam comes closer to you.
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  And of course the biggest one is sin.
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  Try not to commit sin intentionally.
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  None of us is infallible, all of our sins, but don't commit
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  intentionally, because Imam Jafar Sadiq Salaam Al Ali tells
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  us in one tradition, if it wasn't of the sins of our Shias,
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  they would have seen our car in with their naked eyes.
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  That's. Our answer?
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  So staying away from sins is very important.
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  I see you begin slowly but surely Appreciate your
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  circumstance and align a little bit.
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  Will accept with the way you are.
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  Just on this last point you mentioned, you know, it relates
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  to the discussion I had previously with someone and we
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  said you know what the Imam Al Jallah, Talfarah Sharif, we're
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  not waiting for him, he's waiting for us, Suhan.
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  Allah, absolutely. Suhan Allah, yeah, yeah,
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  absolutely. It's not that we are waiting, He
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  is literally waiting. But look at it this way.
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  Allah is the most just and Allah is the most love loving.
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  He loves you more than the way you love yourself.
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  Let along the way your parent love you and whoever you think
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  of you know even albeit they love us more than ourselves and
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  our parents. So Allah being the absolute just
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  creator and seeing all these pains in the world, why will he
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  not release Imam with someone for justice?
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  Maybe it would be an injustice to us if he brought him now.
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  We're not ready. We're.
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  Not ready. We're not ready for the
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  Buttercup. We paranoid we're not ready.
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  Look at the issue of Palestinians someone to remain
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  neutral. You can't remain.
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  You can't. People are getting.
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  Killed. Every day.
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  So the day we are ready within a twinkle of an eye.
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  I love release Imam. That's one of the pains of Imam.
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  Imam wants to come, are always ready to help to administer
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  absolute justice you. Know one thing I I find a lot
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  in, in my humble opinion is this Can this concept of loneliness
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  or the the distance from a last month to Allah.
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  It comes in different shapes and forms.
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  So you have those, for example, who are detached from Allah
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  because they're unaware maybe they've not been raised in a
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  religious family, maybe, for example, they were.
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  And then they found that there were Muslims who committed bad
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  acts or took them away from Islam, which of course is the
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  perfect religion of a last month Allah.
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  But in the UK, one in five people in the UK, according to
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  the, if I'm not mistaken Office of National Statistics, have a
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  mental health issue in the UK. Depression is on the rise.
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  Social media is causing young people under 18 to have social
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  mental disorders year on year on an exponentially growing rate.
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  Generally speaking, loneliness can come from anything.
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  We talked before the podcast about people who have lost
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  family members post Natal depression.
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  It could be not having a community around you.
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  I feel a community is a big, big factor in having a a connection
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  with the last one of the island. But Chef, you've lived in Ghana,
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  in Iran, in South Africa, in Kenya and now in UK.
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  Marshall, last part of our five countries.
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  Chronologically I got it right. I hope you've become.
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  The United Nations. The ICJ is.
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  You Medic. What would you say, you know all
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  the communities you've worked with.
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  You know you've been a resident island in different communities
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  have also traveled the world. What would you say are the key
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  causes of that? Maybe that loneliness or the the
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  lack of a connection with Islam and your your answers for those
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  people at home because there are people hurting right now or even
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  if they're not hurting they're numb.
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  I I I just want to add one more thing.
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  You know in your lecture last weekend you were of course in
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  when you were in London you spoke at Mokubal Abbas for the
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  Shardas of Imam al Kadam Al Islam.
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  You talked about the structure and self accountability.
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  Can you also tell us about that? Fantastic.
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  So I think you put it right Ahmed.
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  People who are going through a lot in their lives, they have
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  multiple reasons for what they are going through in their
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  lives. Some may be financially related,
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  they reached rock bottom, nobody is there, mortgage for example,
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  and as a result they don't see any hope.
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  Mental health kicks in, anxiety leads to depression.
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  Some may be due to lack of success in their lives.
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  Maybe they set their themselves some goals and as a result of
• 23:22
  not achieving those goals they end up going through.
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  And there are some really. The challenge is they never take
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  Allah seriously in their lives. There are some like that.
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  They never take Allah seriously and as a result they are in the
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  situation they found themselves. All in all, regardless of what
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  caused it. Some cannot be, you can't blame
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  some, some of course you tell me it's yourself.
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  Some may be out of negligence, some may be out of lack of
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  access, meaning lack of support, lack of community for example.
• 23:59
  Lack of someone to advise them. For example, I would like to say
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  something here to my dear brothers and sisters.
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  Regardless of your circumstances, regardless of the
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  causes of your circumstances or like if the world or anyone
• 24:13
  rejects you, be rest assured the last to reject you is God.
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  You can't even begin to imagine God rejecting you.
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  That's the last thing to have at the back of your mind, that God
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  will not accept you. I know sometimes it's hard due
• 24:36
  to your circumstance. You'll find it heavy and hard to
• 24:40
  pick yourself up and come to God.
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  Just thinking about God alone is crucial.
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  And this leads me to the discussion I had last night,
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  which is self accountability, which is beautifully discussed
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  in the field of spirituality, or Islamic ethics if you like.
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  Self accountability is one of the most important tool to help
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  anyone of us navigate through his or her challenges.
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  Why am I saying so? Self accountability begins with
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  self understanding, self recognition, self appreciation.
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  I cannot account for whatever is happening in my life, whether
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  good or bad or my conditions without understanding myself and
• 25:47
  hence Allah. The Holy Prophet tells us
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  beautifully and Imam Ali also tells us same rewire.
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  The ultimate is God, but you not get there without knowing who
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  you are. Simplest way to know who you are
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  is to know your weakness and your strength is to know your
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  current situation. Because remember at one point we
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  were all in a state of non existence and a lot of his love
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  for us give us existence. It's like a parent.
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  You get married, a headache of marriage.
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  A marriage is done. Now you're thinking of having a
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  child. You'll have one then you want to
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  go to. Why you suffered pregnancy,
• 26:38
  pain, no money. What love?
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  Because of love you want to have children.
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  So Allah created us out of love. So we're in a state of non
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  existence. But now we are in a state of
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  existence. We still need apparatus from
• 26:51
  Allah to navigate through. You can't do it alone.
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  Habibi my dear brother and sister.
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  It's impossible. That's why some people, how do
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  they never get through? By going through alcohol?
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  He said. I forget when I drink.
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  I forget some of those who drink.
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  It's not like they want to drink.
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  They said when I drink, I forget.
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  Some will go, Weed said. When I take it, I become high
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  and then I forgot. I forget everything.
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  I go, I sleep and then when I wake up, I'm done.
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  But we said, God, the one who created you, knows you better
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  than yourself. So here we are here in this
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  world, regardless of how powerful you are, regardless how
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  regardless of how you socially strong, intellectually strong,
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  although you can't do without God, and likewise on the day of
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  judgement, we will need God to get salvation.
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  The point I'm trying to make is that self accountability comes
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  as a result of self understanding and cognition.
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  Sit somewhere if you're going through challenges.
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  We all go through our shells of challenges.
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  Reflect on your eyes. What are my pains?
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  I know sometimes you can't do it alone.
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  If you can't go through someone else because Quran tells us, ask
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  those who remind. If you do not know, assist each
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  other when it comes to righteousness.
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  Don't suffer alone. My dear brother and my dear
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  sister as Islam will not agree to that because Imam Java tells
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  us when Allah created us, He leaves everything in our hand.
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  Decide how you want except one thing.
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  You know what Imam Java said that one thing is toward Don't
• 28:44
  belittle yourself, don't belittle your power, don't
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  belittle your strength. I know you've reached rock
• 28:49
  bottom or lie. If you're able to pick yourself
• 28:51
  up either through yourself or through someone else, you'll be
• 28:56
  amazed of how productive and creative you'll become.
• 28:59
  It's not the end of the world. It's not and so therefore self
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  accountability. As Imam Musalkasm tells us, Lisa
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  Mina is not one of us who is unable to engage in self
• 29:17
  accountability daily. These are so many faces.
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  One phase is that without self accountability you cannot claim
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  to be a true lover of Adelbert, Lisa, Alaina, Jinnah.
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  You know Tashia if you cannot account accountability mean what
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  you try. You look at your life.
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  Another meaning no of this hadith self account is that self
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  accountability is equal to sense of responsibility.
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  I need to have sense of responsibility first and
• 29:52
  foremost to myself. I'm so down thinking that the
• 29:57
  entire world is against me. The entire world is breaking
• 30:00
  apart. I totally agree it's not easy.
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  Sometimes it's cumbersome, but you still have responsibility
• 30:06
  towards yourself. So you can't write to someone,
• 30:10
  reach out to someone one way or the other.
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  Somebody will respond and maybe you just need that audience for
• 30:17
  you to be able to pick up yourself and keep going.
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  And you know, tradition of the Prophet tells us, Al Hairo, Ada
• 30:25
  Washero, Ada, he said goodness is habit and evilness is habit.
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  You know when you keep inspiring yourself negative, the end
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  result will be going to be down, down, down, down, down, down.
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  But when you keep inspiring yourself positive, sort of
• 30:45
  optimistic, you know what I mean?
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  It's going to happen. So the second meaning is that
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  self accountability and it have this sense of responsibility?
• 30:52
  Sure. Doesn't mean it's like in our
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  hands. Santo, at the end of the day, is
• 30:57
  in our hand. But a lot of people turn to to
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  other things. You mentioned alcohol, you
• 31:03
  mentioned weed. People turn to gambling.
• 31:05
  But outside of this, even socially people do other things.
• 31:09
  So instead of self accountability, they throw
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  accountability on everyone else. They'll say I am the way I am
• 31:16
  because of the influence of these people or the surrounding
• 31:20
  of these people or the bad education or the bad
• 31:23
  environment. And I feel that nurture has a
• 31:25
  role I absolutely like. You know I may have been raised
• 31:29
  in a bad environment for example, but at the end of the
• 31:31
  day there I think has an influence and like it plays a
• 31:35
  part for sure. But then there's you know we're
• 31:37
  Balik, we're we're adults. You know we have the opportunity
• 31:41
  to do that self accountability. But what about Schech?
• 31:43
  The specifically the the role of the family and friends of
• 31:49
  someone who's in a bad position. So we might have a friend or a
• 31:52
  family member, a spouse, a son, a parent, or whatever it is
• 31:56
  who's struggling, OK, or even if they don't know they're
• 32:00
  struggling. But I see someone who is distant
• 32:03
  from What can I do for them? No.
• 32:05
  No, definitely. Families cannot be left alone in
• 32:08
  this regard. It begins with the family and
• 32:12
  then gets to the community. So let's begin with the family.
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  I think what we need to ask ourselves Ahmed and Saidna, why
• 32:22
  family? This is very important and we
• 32:26
  have deep discussions within the region of Islam as to the
• 32:32
  positive roles family can play in the life of an individual
• 32:37
  family member. First, one family shapes our
• 32:43
  personal and individual identities.
• 32:46
  Family is important. Each and every family member.
• 32:51
  What an extended family nuclear family.
• 32:53
  We have rules towards that particular family member.
• 32:57
  Once you spoke. That a person is going through
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  something. Don't wait for the person to
• 33:02
  come to you. We need to learn from the
• 33:04
  Prophet. Describe Prophet as anatopy,
• 33:07
  even the world. I'm a medical Doctor Who.
• 33:11
  Circulate with his medication. Don't wait for people to come.
• 33:15
  To you. Because I know today, in this
• 33:17
  world of individualism, if you like, no.
• 33:20
  No, no, I don't want to. Intrude.
• 33:24
  What is mentality? I don't want to intrude in
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  someone's life. He will find his.
• 33:30
  Or her way. No, he's your family member.
• 33:33
  Charity begins at home, as they say.
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  So first family shapes our identity.
• 33:39
  Not only that, we have tradition that firmly builds our
• 33:43
  personalities. And that is why as you.
• 33:47
  Correctly put it Ahmad, every individual when it comes to your
• 33:52
  personality, there are two factors that are influential in
• 33:57
  our personalities. The 1st is hereditary and the
• 34:02
  second factor is Tarbia. So al wehratha and Tarbia
• 34:08
  wehratha hereditary. Every child who comes to this
• 34:10
  world comes with what they call inherited attributes.
• 34:13
  You know, something from the father, you know something from
• 34:15
  the mother, maybe medically related, maybe socially related.
• 34:19
  One way or the other, we inherit something.
• 34:21
  That's why I say kids. One family, one mother, one
• 34:23
  father, same parent. If you like this one behave this
• 34:26
  way, that one behave that way, it's because of the collision of
• 34:30
  genes either from the grandparent of the parent.
• 34:32
  It happens. But this is what they call it's
• 34:34
  not ella tama, it's not a complete 'cause it can be
• 34:37
  changed through terbia a bringing but a bringing.
• 34:40
  First environment is home, Second environment is community.
• 34:43
  Third environment, school, friend, cycle, all these
• 34:47
  environment are crucial in making our personalities so
• 34:50
  family. They've got this to play.
• 34:53
  The third role which Quran beautifully mentioned family, is
• 34:57
  to ensure that they create conducive atmosphere for their
• 35:00
  family members. Tranquility and school so cool
• 35:04
  and tranquillity, Peace of Mind is crucial.
• 35:06
  So therefore before community, it is the role of a family to
• 35:11
  ensure that members of their family are taking care of Baba.
• 35:15
  Look at Islam. If a family doesn't depend on
• 35:18
  you jurisprudentially when you have Sadaqa or you have zakat,
• 35:22
  the first person to look after is your family member.
• 35:26
  So look at Islam, a holistic way of life.
• 35:30
  Now families sometimes may struggle.
• 35:33
  I know families who really try their level best to reach out to
• 35:36
  their family members. You know, they are so limited in
• 35:39
  whatever they are able to do. This is where the need for the
• 35:43
  community comes in all our communities, communities of
• 35:48
  lovers and the followers of our level to our Muslim communities,
• 35:51
  we need to realize this point that each and every member who
• 35:57
  comes to the community, whether registered or not registered, so
• 36:01
  long as the person attend to that community.
• 36:04
  The well-being of that. Person religious, well-being
• 36:06
  physical, well-being, material well-being is on us.
• 36:10
  That's why you know prophet what he said Manefasa and MO meaning
• 36:15
  Kurbatan men Kurabi, Dunya, Nafasala and Kurbatan men.
• 36:21
  Kurabi, Allah Allah Abdi Madame Allah Abdul look at it
• 36:34
  beautiful. The only prophet said whoever
• 36:38
  relieves a believer of any. Pain.
• 36:45
  Of his or her life, Allah will relieve that person of a pain of
• 36:50
  the day of and he said Whoever makes it easy for someone who is
• 36:54
  in difficulty, Allah will make this for you in Dunya.
• 36:58
  And and Allah will continue to assist you so long as you
• 37:03
  continue to assist his servant. Even with this line no prophet
• 37:07
  tells us he said those who are merciful, the most merciful will
• 37:23
  show his mercy on them. But look at the next line he
• 37:26
  says show mercy and to those on earth the one in heaven will
• 37:28
  show mercy unto you. So we have a duty as community.
• 37:32
  Don't wait for people to come this advice to your to myself
• 37:36
  and to all of us. Some people may not able to talk
• 37:39
  as currencies. There are those Habibi who will
• 37:43
  be able to come and tell you Habibi, Ahmed Kuka Habibi said
• 37:47
  Nah Ali and other way. You know I have these
• 37:50
  challenges. Can you refer me to someone?
• 37:53
  Can you support me? Not everyone is able to do so.
• 37:58
  Hence Coransis. There are those who for some
• 38:03
  reason they are unable to do so and then people will consider
• 38:06
  them rich. Whereas they are not rich, they
• 38:08
  are struggling. So you need to support and Imam
• 38:11
  Ali tells us. My Admiral Moroon Shia, look at
• 38:15
  that wire, my Admiral Moroon Shayan said.
• 38:21
  It's impossible for any one of you to hide something except one
• 38:30
  day. It will be seen.
• 38:33
  Flowing on his tank or it will be seen on his face.
• 38:36
  So when you see somebody, body language are more powerful than
• 38:39
  the verbal language. So don't pretend you've not seen
• 38:42
  that member of the community struggle.
• 38:44
  Reach out to them and Allah will help you.
• 38:49
  Absent, there's a big there's a big role in psychology here as
• 38:53
  well. I think we have to take a
• 38:54
  responsibility on us as a community to continually educate
• 38:58
  ourselves on spotting those signs of weakness, being aware
• 39:03
  in in what might be something visible we can see in a
• 39:07
  community member, which might be physical or something which
• 39:11
  we'll be able to spot. And also just communication.
• 39:13
  Absolutely. How often do we speak to people?
• 39:15
  How are you doing? See, Ali and I Hamdullah, we we
• 39:18
  were able to attend an event hosted by by one of the Absok
• 39:22
  SOAS Absok a few weeks ago with doctor Safraaz Juraj.
• 39:25
  You know, I've seen. Doctor Yeah.
• 39:27
  He's amazing. S He's Yeah.
• 39:31
  He's amazing, solid and he. We We came.
• 39:34
  Back and we had like a deep chat about this and we talked about
• 39:37
  how often do we actually check in on someone.
• 39:40
  We always say, how are we doing? How's family?
• 39:42
  OK, call us. You know, it's like a tick box
• 39:44
  after you say how are you, you don't actually engage with
• 39:47
  people. Let's tell me about your life.
• 39:49
  How's things going? What can I do to make things
• 39:52
  easier for you? So it's a very important thing
• 39:54
  because no, no, no, we need it. We need it.
• 39:56
  We. Needed Habibi Ahmad because, you
• 39:58
  know, I work in the community. And I see this happening.
• 40:03
  In our communities. Suddenly, somebody will stop.
• 40:06
  Coming to the mosque, stop attending programs.
• 40:09
  Whereas the person before Marshall Law in the forefront
• 40:13
  and what happens is people don't bother to ask.
• 40:20
  We've not seen this gentleman or this lady for some time, and to
• 40:26
  your shock, when you go further to find out why, you realize
• 40:34
  that the person is. Really struggling either with.
• 40:38
  Mental health related issue and today habibi with this high cost
• 40:43
  of level, I see people reaching rock bottom.
• 40:46
  People cannot maintain their mortgages.
• 40:51
  People diagnosed of cancer, they said you know what, I'm going to
• 40:58
  keep to myself. So I like what you mentioned.
• 41:01
  We need to check on each other. Profit is to encourage the
• 41:04
  companions. Those who are around Prophet.
• 41:11
  They are so merciful to one another.
• 41:14
  If they wouldn't see a person in the mosque, they will ask.
• 41:16
  They used to literally know where people who are sitting in
• 41:19
  the mosque. Because they used to reach out
• 41:22
  to. People.
• 41:23
  And like the way Prophet did with Ansar and Mahajarin, he
• 41:27
  made them brothers. You check on him, you check on
• 41:30
  him, you look after him, you don't see him ask about him.
• 41:33
  And then of course, he made he and Amir Mormon in the brothers.
• 41:37
  So these are all important. The history of Islam.
• 41:39
  Mosque of the Prophet in the holy city of Medina.
• 41:42
  It was a hive of activity. It wasn't just a place for
• 41:44
  Salah, no. Even people went for proposals.
• 41:49
  Of marriage, like in the case of Imam Ali when he went to Akhil,
• 41:52
  was a genealogist at that time. But that wasn't the only matter
• 41:57
  happening in that mosque of the Prophet.
• 41:58
  If you examine the mosque of the Prophet, realize experts in
• 42:02
  different fields used to sit in different corners after Salah
• 42:06
  and please to approach them why can't we do the same in this
• 42:12
  world when we have the blessings of technology.
• 42:15
  So I think we need to do something.
• 42:17
  The last point on this you know I attended a program in
• 42:20
  Birmingham. It was organized by one of the
• 42:24
  charity organizations, the Non-muslim Charity Organization,
• 42:27
  and I was invited to take part in the discussion.
• 42:31
  So there's some stalls. Out there outside before the
• 42:34
  program. So I went to one store, said 2
• 42:38
  old ladies. They had pamphlets, you know,
• 42:41
  posters, pen you know, personalized pen for the
• 42:46
  organization. Ask them what do you up, what do
• 42:50
  you do, what are you up to? They said, look, we retired, so.
• 42:54
  What we do? We give these posters if you
• 42:58
  know someone suffering or even if you are self suffering, just
• 43:01
  call. It's confidential.
• 43:04
  You'll not even. Know the one you are talking to.
• 43:06
  So they call it. You want to talk to someone,
• 43:09
  just call. So they said every day people
• 43:12
  call them, they just talk to them.
• 43:13
  Wow, just a chat. Just a chat.
• 43:15
  I think they call them like Samaritans.
• 43:18
  Excellent Bless you, Habibi, Alastair, Alec.
• 43:22
  That's the name Samaritans do. Amazing.
• 43:24
  And they're doing amazing work. Why can't we do something like
• 43:27
  you can volunteer? For them you don't have to be
• 43:29
  fantastic, you don't have to be a specialist, so that's really
• 43:32
  good. Yeah, these.
• 43:33
  Are the teachings of the Holy Prophet in a little bit?
• 43:35
  Yeah, yeah. I want to go back a little to
• 43:39
  your earlier points where you mentioned like for example, we
• 43:42
  haven't like understood the relationship we have with Allah,
• 43:45
  that whether the good, the bad, the ugly, ultimately there's a
• 43:48
  relationship and connection we have with the Last Of.
• 43:51
  And it's very true. We forget that Allah is with us
• 43:55
  all the time and He like as you were speaking.
• 43:58
  I'm thinking like Allah's with us from the day we're born and
• 44:01
  when. We're put into our.
• 44:02
  Cradle until the day we die and beyond and he's inshallah, He's
• 44:06
  there with us 24/7. So we have to remember that
• 44:10
  whatever struggles we have, whatever for example, whether
• 44:14
  it's anxiety or depression and you know, picking up, echoing
• 44:17
  the earlier conversation of the abstract of the doctor.
• 44:19
  When it comes to like mental health issues, I think we forget
• 44:23
  that Allah's the ultimate source that sometimes, you know, even
• 44:27
  if we're facing something so difficult, we don't think that
• 44:31
  Allah can get us out of it. So so for.
• 44:33
  Example, we say. OK, I'm in this situation.
• 44:36
  I'm doomed, you know I'm facing rock bottom, but we don't look
• 44:40
  out. Look out for a way to get out
• 44:42
  with Allah. So like, we forget for example,
• 44:46
  that all it takes is possibly just a little bit of the, you
• 44:50
  know, y'allah, make it easy for us, for example, you know, Yeah,
• 44:54
  yeah, you know, 'cause even like we're speaking about being
• 44:56
  lonely. You know, we always read from
• 44:58
  all that years and the ZR art, even like Ramadan will be coming
• 45:01
  up soon. We all, we all redo our Josh and
• 45:04
  Kabir for the nice of Amman. You know, there are certain
• 45:06
  lines there. For example, a lot is our
• 45:08
  companion and loneliness. Absolutely a lot.
• 45:11
  For example, our, you know, he's our companion when when we're
• 45:14
  feeling Gharib, I don't know the exact Yeah, it's a.
• 45:17
  Very chicken colored. Yeah.
• 45:19
  Yeah, yeah, so. Habibi like these are certain
• 45:23
  key phrases that I think we should ponder.
• 45:25
  Absolutely. But I want to focus a bit about
• 45:27
  loneliness. Yes, because it's a real
• 45:29
  problem. I love people's face.
• 45:31
  There's like three groups. Before coming here, I was
• 45:34
  thinking, how can we group loneliness when it comes to our
• 45:38
  connection with our last part of Allah?
• 45:39
  The first thing that came to my head, the first group is we have
• 45:42
  generically, people who go out to pursue further studies, to
• 45:47
  pursue a career where they leave their family, they leave their
• 45:49
  community and they travel the world.
• 45:52
  People seeking work can do the same.
• 45:54
  So that's one group of loneliness, but I think that's
• 45:56
  like a choice. They've chosen to be in that
• 45:59
  stage and in that environment. In that scenario, then you have
• 46:02
  the other group, for example, which is family members where
• 46:06
  there's no relationship between your mum or your dad or your
• 46:09
  siblings or your loved ones, your near ones even like
• 46:11
  spouses, relationship breakdown, divorces happened.
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  You feel lonely like you feel. Like.
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  People have abandoned you. But I think the real problem we
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  face with loneliness in our communities are Reaverts.
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  Because, and I say this, why? Because, Shechna, I know a
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  little about your story. I don't know much, but you have
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  shared enough with the community for us to understand your
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  struggles that you went through. Because I was thinking, you
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  know, for a reaver. And first of all, Hamdullah lots
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  of Plano Tyler guided them to his path and also they've been
• 46:44
  guided to the path of Alib, Nabi, Salah and Charlotte.
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  That's that's that's the best of paths that will take us to
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  Allah. But they face a moment in their
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  lives where their family will abandoned them, but they never
• 46:55
  abandoned Allah. Their circle of friends.
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  Can abandoned them and neglect them, yet they didn't neglect
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  Allah's Apostle absolutely. Every stage in fact.
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  I think it made that connection that born that relationship with
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  them and their creator even stronger that no matter if the
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  wall can abandoned them because they found a lot the fact they
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  reverted they found a loss of Hanover town and they understood
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  what a law means to them and they valued that relationship.
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  And the reason why I wanted to mention this.
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  Number one, I'm not sure how much you're comfortable with
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  sharing with our listeners, but there are reverse out there who
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  feel alone that even like when they have reverted to Islam,
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  they go to their community. But the community doesn't want a
• 47:39
  bigger relationship apart from welcome to Islam, brother.
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  Yeah, absolutely. I think.
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  This is something very important you've raised.
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  And that is why if you ask. Yourself a simple question
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  wherever you may be. My dear brother she of Imam Ali.
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  Where is the centre for the? Rivers.
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  UK Where? United.
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  States where? Canada Where?
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  Where? Where are the rivers?
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  Don't we have them? They are there.
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  In big numbers, it's growing big time we have our WhatsApp of the
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  rivers. From all over the world.
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  Most especially in the Western Caribbea with.
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  Some of our amazing. Shiok here in the UK like Sheikh
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  Zakariya shaka Madani shaka Yop shaka dris massive.
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  But who cares when I say? OK, I'm talking of the.
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  Wider communities. Serious loneliness are there.
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  But people are navigating through the love they establish
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  with God and. Number one when.
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  You become a Muslim. It's a big challenge, Habibi.
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  It's a big challenge because not all your family members will
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  accept. Sometimes there are situations
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  none of the family members accept you.
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  So you navigate through and then now that you are a Muslim,
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  thinking that when you go to the Muslims the moment you enter the
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  mosque, all will receive you with all arms.
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  But then people now doubting. You the skeptical What are you
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  coming here for? Who is he?
• 49:35
  The thinking of their security because it's crucial to look
• 49:38
  after our security. But you see the person coming to
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  pray, that also hits people very hard.
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  And as you realize when you go to most of our mosques, you
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  don't see the rivet except feel harmful.
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  It doesn't mean that others are out of their fold.
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  No, they are very strong. They are very powerful.
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  Marriage rivet are going through a lot.
• 50:04
  It's a big challenge. Yeah, baby, because, OK, now I'm
• 50:07
  no more what I used to be. I've taken this new cloth of
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  being a Muslim or Shia, of a middleman.
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  Alec is Saddam. Who's going to marry me?
• 50:16
  Who is going to marry me? That loneliness is still there.
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  My daughter, my son. How am I going to introduce them
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  to the community? What's going to happen?
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  So I think this is a very important point you've raised
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  that loneliness is there and we interact with Rivet a lot.
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  As I mentioned earlier on with the Adashi, the only way really
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  our brothers and sisters have gotten through is through God.
• 50:43
  They realise that you know what, you can bank and depend on
• 50:47
  others anymore. You just have to find your feet.
• 50:51
  You became a Muslim or Shia not because of them.
• 50:55
  I Santo. Because of Allah, some got
• 50:59
  divorced the day they became Muslims because either the
• 51:02
  husband said I'm not interested in this or the wife is saying
• 51:05
  I'm and the husband or wife was saying, oh, give you some time,
• 51:08
  let's see. No, no, I'm not interested.
• 51:10
  You've taken something different.
• 51:11
  I'm not interested in this. But God, you know recently I
• 51:14
  travelled somewhere I don't want to mention the name and I came
• 51:17
  across some rivers. So after my March list they.
• 51:24
  Started coming. One after the other to talk to
• 51:25
  me. No, no them.
• 51:27
  Said. You know Sheikh.
• 51:28
  We're happy to see Someone Like You.
• 51:30
  First time we seen somebody in our city like you, and now you
• 51:35
  even made it more exciting to remain as a Shia as part of
• 51:38
  them. But then I.
• 51:40
  Asked them a question, when did you become a Shia and how are
• 51:44
  you managing? Said look, it's been a while
• 51:47
  maybe. Before you Sheikh, but.
• 51:50
  There is only one. Thing that kept us going.
• 51:54
  We made our research. And we discovered the school of
• 51:57
  thought of Adelbide. We discovered the truth.
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  So that hack and the truth. So God.
• 52:05
  God. I like.
• 52:06
  Your point man. We need God.
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  So my brother, my dear sister, whether you are Rivet or not,
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  you've I'm sure you have your own shares of pains.
• 52:15
  Linked up with God. Yes, you need.
• 52:16
  Experts, But that's not alone without God.
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  Because Allah is above the principle of course and effect.
• 52:25
  We are interdependent. But Allah is independent.
• 52:31
  Existence to him is necessary. But I and you or whoever support
• 52:36
  you, which is crucial. You need to go.
• 52:38
  We are possible beings. Allah is necessary.
• 52:41
  Being existence to Allah is necessary.
• 52:43
  But to I and you is not necessary.
• 52:45
  It's possible. You may leave tomorrow.
• 52:47
  You may not leave. You may leave the next hour.
• 52:49
  You may not leave. So as we depend on one another,
• 52:53
  we should not forget the fact that we need to connect with a
• 52:58
  lot of our God, Allah. That's how Ali Bait managed.
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  They've gone through a lot, Ali. Bait went through.
• 53:05
  A lot habibi they managed because of their connection with
• 53:09
  Allah. Allah, that's so important like
• 53:12
  I mentioned tonight in one of my image list.
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  When he was in the. Prison of Harun Rashid and the
• 53:24
  warder that time was Sindhi Ivanashahek, notorious prison
• 53:28
  order who was really cruel, who tortured Imam to such an extent
• 53:36
  when they would remove, you know the obstacle from the head of
• 53:44
  the Imam, the Pole. Because while Imam was in the in
• 53:47
  the prison he couldn't tell whether it was day or night
• 53:50
  Habibi. At one moment they removed the
• 53:53
  pole and Imam wanted to have a glimpse of the daylight.
• 53:57
  What happened? They smacked him.
• 54:01
  They smacked him. And they kicked his face.
• 54:03
  But my point is here, listen to what you said.
• 54:08
  Imam made the at one point he said yeah Morales a surgery
• 54:14
  Baina rambling were teen in Wama Khalisni Mensigini Harun Rashi.
• 54:24
  He said oh the one who frees 3IN between clay water and sand free
• 54:35
  me from the prison of Harun Rashi.
• 54:38
  Imam subjected to Allah. That's the point he resorted to
• 54:43
  a lot. I see.
• 54:45
  You know, Yes, Aruna, Rashid, they've got the authority.
• 54:47
  They may release him, they may not.
• 54:49
  But the ultimate is from Allah. So therefore, really brothers
• 54:53
  and sisters, I know he's tough. But don't forget.
• 54:58
  The fact that Allah is there for you, you don't have to be an
• 55:02
  Angel overnight. You don't have to be praying the
• 55:06
  whole night, keeping night vigil.
• 55:08
  No, no, no, no. Depends on your relationship.
• 55:11
  Ask Quran of different stages, different level.
• 55:16
  Take it according to your way and you know this line scoreless
• 55:20
  in the fold of spirituality. They say you know Allah comes to
• 55:23
  us in full. How?
• 55:25
  You take Allah. It depends.
• 55:26
  On you some may take him 1%, some may take him 2%.
• 55:29
  Allah is there in full, you don't have to put there, put
• 55:32
  money there together. Allah you can call him, talk to
• 55:36
  him and insha Allah he will see you through your challenges so.
• 55:41
  It's progress, isn't it? Yeah, progress, absolutely.
• 55:43
  We have to keep. Making an effort?
• 55:46
  Absolutely. And these we keep mentioning
• 55:48
  Shekman in all of these recent podcasts that we are inshallah
• 55:52
  trying to sow the seeds of proximity to last and to the.
• 55:57
  Other bit of Islam. So we'll do that, Inshallah.
• 55:59
  We. Thank you again for your wisdom,
• 56:01
  being here for taking the time of a busy schedule.
• 56:05
  I I truly. Want to go and restart my whole
• 56:07
  relationship with no no no you. Give it up.
• 56:12
  Give it up. Really.
• 56:13
  You bring, you bring a. Lord to us.
• 56:18
  But the spiritual says. To us, you watch the.
• 56:20
  Button of the lights. I love it.
• 56:25
  I genuinely remember. But I have two things to say.
• 56:27
  Just quickly or three things. With your permission, share.
• 56:30
  Firstly, for those who want to know more about your journey,
• 56:35
  yeah we did. You'll remember we had we did an
• 56:39
  episode of Up close in Birmingham.
• 56:41
  Do you remember about 5-6 years ago you and I recorded a great
• 56:44
  conversation where you, you very mashallah, openly talked about
• 56:49
  your journey from your early days in Ghana up until today and
• 56:53
  your your transition and all the transformation you had including
• 56:56
  your reversion story and also the loneliness and the
• 56:59
  abandonment you face your community in Ghana, which is
• 57:02
  mind blowing and you know it's completely inspiring.
• 57:05
  So check that out by the sisters as well.
• 57:07
  Secondly, I also pray for your loneliness.
• 57:10
  Share because you are a Chelsea fan.
• 57:12
  Oh my God. We beat you last week for.
• 57:15
  One I've been. Waiting to see you.
• 57:17
  Share I can hold you to this big time for one.
• 57:20
  That's. Yeah, great day.
• 57:24
  We keep praying, man. Next year, I think we'll bounce
• 57:26
  back. I don't want to say no, no, no,
• 57:30
  That's one thing. I.
• 57:31
  Don't. And the last thing about Sisters
• 57:34
  Shekhar you mentioned about the a lot in this conversation we
• 57:39
  talked about family and parents. For those who haven't seen
• 57:42
  already, Shekhar Laws endorsed a project which Adelbate TV App
• 57:47
  Large are working on, which is that of Adelbate Kids, which is
• 57:50
  a brand new, really exciting collaborative project with
• 57:55
  designers, producers, actors, scripters from around the
• 57:59
  Western world and those who are talented within our community,
• 58:03
  the educationists, the parents and the scholars.
• 58:05
  To bring you a 24/7 Western Shia channel that will broadcast
• 58:11
  across the day for our youth, zero to 15 years old
• 58:14
  specifically and also a 24/7 app that you can use on your phone,
• 58:18
  your tablets. This is the first of its kind.
• 58:20
  Why are we supporting Genocide supporters like Disney plus
• 58:24
  Netflix and so on, paying a subscription there.
• 58:27
  Support Adelbate TV for this project because this is a
• 58:30
  project which will bring people and especially our youth towards
• 58:34
  the part of Ireland and inshallah the the community will
• 58:39
  move forward. This is a support which this is
• 58:41
  a project which community and especially parents who need to
• 58:44
  get behind share. So thank you for supporting this
• 58:47
  project. Thank you SO.
• 58:48
  Much Ben inshallah all our parents inshallah watching this.
• 58:53
  Let us all try as much as we can to support this for the dunya of
• 58:57
  our kids and our. Thank you so much.
• 59:01
  Thank you man. Appreciate it.
• 59:03
  Give up the good work. Inshallah, thank you man.
• 59:05
  I love you, Sir. Truly love this conversation.
• 59:08
  Happy. Happy.
• 59:09
  Charlotte, you remain. An inspiration.
• 59:12
  Thank everyone. Thank you so much.
• 59:13
  Give it up, man. You guys are more inspirational.
• 59:15
  Would you come back on after? Why not?
• 59:18
  Always. Yeah, definitely.
• 59:19
  Thank you. You.
• 59:20
  Doing well, man. I watch you.
• 59:21
  Now and then, man, I really appreciate it that.
• 59:24
  Means that's a huge, huge honour for us, yeah.
• 59:27
  Give you as youth and then you are inspirations to the youth
• 59:30
  outdoor tour. You support Larry audio
• 59:32
  abundantly man. Likewise thank you.
• 59:35
  All right. Brother sisters, thank you for
• 59:38
  tuning. In we'll be back next week I
• 59:39
  believe the when audits are coming up in the next week so
• 59:42
  enjoy them. Go to the mosque, have fun.
• 59:45
  And Charlotte, we'll see you next week.
• 59:46
  Take care of some.