# Heartwork: Guided Steps to the Path of Allah | Ustadh AbdelRahman Murphy | Class 19

An episode of [Heartwork | Ustadh AbdelRahman Murphy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1747587869), 15 Oct 2024, 54 min.

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## Transcript

[0:20] okay Salam alaykum
[0:42] welcome home everybody it's good to see
[0:43] you
[0:44] alhamdulillah um you know I wanted to
[0:47] inshallah get started
[0:50] um as as soon as as soon as I could but
[0:54] I think it's just important that we take
[0:56] a second to uh talk a little bit about a
[1:00] lot some of the some of the images that
[1:02] are coming out of razza right now and
[1:03] especially last night um you know I know
[1:06] that for those of you who have seen it
[1:09] you know for those who haven't you know
[1:11] uh you'll probably end up seeing it on
[1:12] social media but the the attacks on the
[1:15] Muslims
[1:16] are um you know who who could have
[1:19] thought they're intensifying they're
[1:21] growing they're
[1:22] increasing um but it's interesting cuz
[1:25] last Friday we had one of our guests
[1:29] here at jum was um a young boy named
[1:33] Adam um he came to Dallas through um I
[1:36] believe the organization called heel
[1:38] Palestine so he came to Dallas through
[1:40] heel Palestine to get some treatment so
[1:42] he lost one of his his limbs his leg and
[1:45] he came with his
[1:47] mother and uh we sat with them you know
[1:50] we it's funny man kids Subhan Allah so
[1:52] doesn't speak any English obviously and
[1:55] uh a lot of the kids here you know they
[1:56] weren't able to converse with him um so
[1:59] I I I was pushing him and uh in his
[2:01] wheelchair and I was like man what can
[2:02] we do and then I realized we have
[2:04] ps5s so I was like do you do you want to
[2:07] play FIFA and he was like oh no no so I
[2:10] put him on FIFA and we put him on teams
[2:12] and you know it was really intense like
[2:14] Subhan Allah for that moment like he
[2:16] just became like a kid and they were he
[2:18] was yelling at his teammate in Arabic
[2:19] and his teammate's like theyy kid is
[2:21] like I don't know what he's saying and I
[2:22] was like he's telling you to pass cuz
[2:24] you're not passing um and um but then
[2:27] after that whole uh you know experience
[2:29] they played here for a bit and then went
[2:31] back to the Mah where his his mother was
[2:33] and we sat uh Le and myself and some
[2:36] others were sitting and she was just
[2:38] telling us the story of um you know she
[2:42] was telling us the story of kind of what
[2:44] happened and how from from her time till
[2:49] now like what how she got here basically
[2:52] and um Subhan Allah there's a lot to say
[2:54] there's too much to really retell but
[2:56] effectively what she was saying was that
[2:59] you know whatever you're seeing on the
[3:01] pictures and images she was saying it's
[3:03] it's much much worse than you can
[3:06] imagine um and I think we all you know
[3:09] there's no issue believing that of
[3:10] course but it's much much more more
[3:12] difficult than we can imagine but then
[3:14] at the same time what I noticed Subhan
[3:16] Allah was that she kept and this is
[3:18] something that we've come to see and
[3:20] expect now but she just kept referring
[3:22] to how blessed she was and how lucky she
[3:25] was and even in those moments that she
[3:27] was recounting the difficulty she just
[3:29] kept talking talking about we have so
[3:31] much to be thankful for and you know her
[3:33] son was kind of uh you know maybe
[3:37] frustrated or bothered CU he saw some
[3:39] kids running around and obviously as a
[3:41] 9-year-old boy like you're going to be
[3:42] like you know I remember when I used to
[3:43] be able to run around you know just a
[3:45] few months ago and so he was a little
[3:47] bit down and then she just kind of
[3:48] looked at him and she was like don't be
[3:51] sad you know you have so much and she
[3:55] started like you know reminding him of
[3:57] the blessings that he had and meanwhile
[3:59] like this is somebody who has every
[4:01] right to be
[4:02] upset and so I just I took that moment
[4:05] Subhan Allah as a lesson and really as a
[4:07] as a d and as a class for me and I sat
[4:10] there in front of her and listened to
[4:11] how she was able to interpret the world
[4:13] and process the world and no matter how
[4:15] difficult and how challenging it was
[4:17] Subhan Allah and her story was very very
[4:19] difficult to listen to it must have been
[4:20] even more difficult to live but she
[4:23] still was able to show that resilience
[4:25] and she kept saying things like when we
[4:27] go back when we go back when we go back
[4:30] um I was talking to somebody earlier
[4:32] today and you know he said you know he's
[4:35] getting this dark thought in his head of
[4:38] like every time a new attack happens
[4:41] like the thought comes to his head
[4:43] like when are we just going to concede
[4:47] and save the lives of these people and
[4:48] evacuate and and concede because you to
[4:50] see images of people in fire being
[4:54] incinerated you know the natural
[4:56] visceral response is like we just need
[4:58] to get everyone out of the danger
[5:00] right and so he was saying like when and
[5:02] another person in the in the chat
[5:04] another person in the chat that we were
[5:06] in says you know we don't we don't make
[5:08] that call when to give up right we we
[5:11] follow the lead of the Palestinians who
[5:13] are there the people who are actually on
[5:15] the ground and if they stay resilient
[5:17] then we follow their lead and so I
[5:19] wanted to share this as sort of a
[5:21] reminder to everybody that as much
[5:24] fatigue and as much heartbreak as you're
[5:26] experiencing you need to take your lead
[5:28] from the people that are are the heroes
[5:31] on the ground right now and you need to
[5:33] reinforce your faith using the faith
[5:36] that they are displaying and that
[5:37] they're showing um and then remember
[5:40] what my teachers told us and you know
[5:42] Subhan Allah is that when shahada is
[5:44] happening when the when the Martyr the
[5:46] Hadith says that when the Martyr is
[5:49] transitioning from this life to the next
[5:51] it doesn't matter how painful the
[5:54] outside image looks but the actual
[5:57] experience of pain that that martyr is
[5:59] going through the Hadith says is
[6:02] equivalent to the bite of a
[6:04] mosquito so the pain level that a person
[6:07] who is experiencing martyrdom that is
[6:09] going through shahada they're not
[6:11] experiencing the pain that we are seeing
[6:14] they're experiencing based on the Hadith
[6:16] the pain that a person would feel the
[6:18] the the the nuisance of the bite of a
[6:21] small
[6:22] bug and even from a physiological
[6:25] standpoint right when people are
[6:27] experiencing different things the
[6:29] reality is Allah T is the one who
[6:31] controls the intensity Allah T is the
[6:33] one who controls the discomfort and the
[6:35] comfort and we pray that Allah tal that
[6:38] just like he sent a coolness upon the
[6:40] fire of ibraim that those who passed
[6:43] last night they experience nothing but
[6:44] the coolness of jna and that in that
[6:47] moment we saw fire but they saw the
[6:49] garden we ask Allah T to make that the
[6:51] case and we ask Allah to make it even
[6:53] better than we can imagine and we ask
[6:55] Allah to also not to hold us accountable
[6:57] for our weakness and our in and our
[6:59] ineptitude and being able to solve this
[7:01] problem but we ask Allah to make us
[7:02] those that can contribute towards the
[7:04] solution and towards
[7:06] relief I just I just feel remiss if we
[7:09] don't start by talking about what is
[7:12] pertinent and on on everyone's minds and
[7:14] hearts Subhan Allah um But continuing
[7:17] and this is also a part of that effort
[7:19] is that when we do islah of our heart we
[7:22] are increasing the collective power of
[7:24] our duas our prayers are burdened by our
[7:30] sins and our inability to show that
[7:33] discipline and that spiritual strength
[7:36] can limit the strength of the duas that
[7:38] we utter and so some people might say
[7:41] why are we Gathering here every Monday
[7:43] night learning and reflecting and
[7:44] reading well the reality is that as you
[7:47] increase in faith you're increasing in
[7:49] your potency your duas become more
[7:51] focused and strong and an umah that has
[7:54] stronger duas is an um that's able to
[7:56] beseech Allah T's Mercy in a more real
[7:59] way and so we're going to continue
[8:00] inshallah with reading and doing a
[8:02] little bit of self-reflection we talked
[8:03] about last week uh as we spoke about you
[8:07] know as we open tonight with the idea of
[8:09] those who are virtuous and those who are
[8:10] full of Vice that why would Allah
[8:13] subhana wa taala give prosperity and why
[8:15] would Allah T give what we view as
[8:19] blessing um and privilege to those
[8:22] people that behave in a way that is
[8:25] exactly counter to what he subhanahu
[8:27] wa'ta'ala wants how how is it possible
[8:30] that we can see somebody that is every
[8:32] step every word every action is against
[8:35] what Islam asks and and and demands and
[8:40] yet Allah tal gives these people uh the
[8:43] The Riches of the world and it becomes a
[8:45] moment that we feel in our minds and our
[8:48] hearts a moment of like a major fork in
[8:51] the road a decision that has to be made
[8:54] and that decision is is this dun and is
[8:57] the material world that we live in
[8:59] really really the mark of Allah's love
[9:00] or not and when you look at it and again
[9:04] we say this over and over again you see
[9:06] that there are those who are wealthy
[9:08] those who are powerful those who have
[9:10] status but they rebel against Allah and
[9:13] you see for example the prophets of
[9:16] Allah who don't have any of the above in
[9:21] fact they are from the most Meek and
[9:23] humble of of resources but we know for a
[9:26] fact that Allah loves them so we know we
[9:29] know from a theoretical standpoint if I
[9:31] were to ask everybody in this room does
[9:33] wealth equal the love of God then
[9:35] everybody would inshallah be able to say
[9:38] no that's not necessarily the case but
[9:41] as much as we can say things
[9:42] rhetorically the challenge is whether or
[9:44] not we actually believe that and the
[9:47] challenge is whether or not our Behavior
[9:48] reflects that belief or not all right
[9:51] and so it's funny someone earlier today
[9:54] we were texting and they said that
[9:57] Comfort can be a test from
[10:00] like Comfort can be a test from Allah
[10:02] and I responded and I said Subhan Allah
[10:04] the companions of the Prophet wasam
[10:06] actually saw comfort as a greater test
[10:09] when they received things when they
[10:12] received blessings they became more
[10:15] nervous because now they have no excuse
[10:18] in their struggle you know a person that
[10:21] doesn't have a car or a person who
[10:22] doesn't have health or a person that is
[10:25] struggling they might have an excuse you
[10:27] know why didn't you go to Juma well I
[10:28] couldn't make it it I wasn't feeling
[10:30] well I had a migraine my car is not
[10:31] working Etc that person has tons of
[10:33] excuses but the one whose life is smooth
[10:36] and easy and who has provision and
[10:38] privilege now all of those things become
[10:41] indictment against that person may Allah
[10:43] give us the ability to live up to what
[10:45] we have and never ever may Allah allow
[10:47] those those Privileges and those
[10:49] blessings that we have to be an
[10:50] allegation against us right so he he
[10:53] finishes by saying that and then he
[10:56] Subhan Allah he says this beautiful line
[10:57] that we said which is that Allah gives
[10:59] the world to anybody because it doesn't
[11:00] matter to him and Allah gives Faith only
[11:04] to those that he loves because that's
[11:07] actually what matters to him is the
[11:08] faith of a
[11:10] person okay now there's an effect that
[11:15] occurs so all of the spiritual things
[11:17] that we do they actually have effects to
[11:20] them you know the scholars use different
[11:22] words for these one of the most famous
[11:24] ones that you'll read is like samarat
[11:26] there are fruits the the the the the
[11:29] growth of a fruit right you'll have the
[11:31] fruits of your effort of your labor and
[11:33] this is one of the blessings of Allah
[11:35] tala when you do something that Allah
[11:38] commands it's not simply that you're
[11:40] fulfilling a command but Allah's
[11:42] generosity Allah's Mercy is that he
[11:45] attaches with the Fulfillment some kind
[11:47] of blessing so for
[11:49] example um anyone here ever give charity
[11:53] before okay let's try that one more time
[11:56] has anyone here ever given charity
[11:58] before okay yes all right how did you
[12:00] feel after giving
[12:02] charity great good okay so we went from
[12:04] good great to good okay all right now
[12:07] it's like okay right so generally
[12:10] speaking you give charity and when
[12:12] especially when it's something that you
[12:13] believe in something that's you I mean
[12:15] you feel the impact of that and you're
[12:17] told and you see maybe like if you can
[12:19] actually give sodak in a way where you
[12:22] can see the impact and that's the
[12:24] purpose of Charity by the way is to
[12:25] actually alleviate you know the
[12:27] difficulty of somebody then Subhan Allah
[12:30] that moment you did the good deed but
[12:32] what do you also get with the good deed
[12:34] you get this feeling you get this
[12:37] emotion this experience of what it felt
[12:40] like to do the right thing in the moment
[12:41] that demanded it all right have you guys
[12:44] ever been patient in a moment where
[12:46] everybody else was struggling to be
[12:48] patient and you were the one that was
[12:49] able to contain yourself have you ever
[12:52] after a long time of struggling to
[12:55] control your tongue and your words when
[12:57] you were angry you controlled your
[12:58] tongue have you ever forced yourself to
[13:00] not think the negative thoughts about
[13:02] people that you normally thought but
[13:04] because you've been working on it you
[13:06] decided to give up all the suspicions
[13:07] and work on being a positive person that
[13:09] one's tough but right have you ever
[13:12] gotten yourself up to pray after working
[13:15] on yourself to get your point to a point
[13:17] where you can pray all of these things
[13:19] they are the good deeds that Allah has
[13:21] commanded but they all come with the
[13:23] beautiful attachments of the feeling and
[13:27] this is what Subhan Allah IM has be
[13:29] saying he says here that these effects
[13:33] are meant to be number one proof of your
[13:37] acceptance of your
[13:39] deed okay proof of the acceptance of
[13:41] your deed meaning that if you do
[13:43] something there's always a maybe there's
[13:47] always a possibility this is why I love
[13:49] it when the you know the daisy uncles
[13:51] may Allah bless them and their toyot
[13:53] cames they say what they say let's offer
[13:57] prayer I love that word because the idea
[14:00] is it's not guaranteed that it's
[14:02] accepted if we go line up for prayer and
[14:05] you think of it as what we're going to
[14:07] offer M we're offering M offer doesn't
[14:10] mean that it's guaranteed it means that
[14:13] it's possible and when you step up to a
[14:15] moment and you realize that you're not
[14:17] imposing but you're offering something
[14:20] your mind and your heart become much
[14:22] more focused and you become much more
[14:24] aware of the opportunity now that's in
[14:25] front of you and so when you do these
[14:28] Deeds when you do these actions you
[14:30] start to realize now okay there's a
[14:32] 50/50 chance right there's an
[14:34] opportunity the prophet toam one time
[14:35] walked into the Masid M saw a sahabi who
[14:38] was praying fast he told them what go
[14:40] back and pray you haven't prayed go back
[14:42] and pray you haven't prayed why because
[14:44] the person was praying in a way where it
[14:46] was more like I'm just checking a box
[14:48] off of this rather than I'm actually
[14:51] trying to feel the effect of this Salah
[14:54] so many people give up praying but it's
[14:56] because they haven't given prayer a fair
[14:58] shot they say this prayer doesn't feel
[15:00] like anything and the response that
[15:02] prayer might say back to that person is
[15:04] you didn't actually invest in the time
[15:07] you didn't actually give it a chance to
[15:09] feel what prayer has to feel so he says
[15:12] here that this mindset of working on not
[15:15] becoming a person that's dun focused
[15:18] right and think about the little
[15:20] intricacies of how this affects us think
[15:23] about like the brand names think about
[15:25] like the money you know these TV shows
[15:27] that celebrate people's like homes you
[15:30] know back when I was young it was MTV
[15:32] Cribs but now they have it's all over
[15:34] YouTube let's go let's go see LeBron's
[15:36] house let's go see so- and so's house
[15:38] why why isn't there a YouTube channel
[15:40] just showing like very mediocre average
[15:42] like living arrangements let's go look
[15:44] at ABD rahman's one bedroom like you
[15:46] know like in farmers's Branch like why
[15:48] why why because that's not something
[15:50] that the nefs
[15:52] enjoys right this can almost be an
[15:54] amazing parody Channel by the way if you
[15:56] if one of you does that and takes off
[15:57] just remember me okay inshallah when you
[15:58] get big the idea is that the nefs
[16:01] doesn't enjoy that so there is something
[16:04] innately inside of us that struggles
[16:07] with the default disposition of loving
[16:10] the shiny things and this is why the
[16:13] prophet when he
[16:16] told he says
[16:18] that that this m this money is green and
[16:22] sweet there's something very enticing
[16:24] about it you know if you're in the
[16:25] desert and you see something green it's
[16:28] exciting you know that Mecca there was
[16:30] some rain and it it was all green and
[16:32] they posted pictures on the internet
[16:34] right and they were like look at how
[16:35] green Mecca is right now so green in the
[16:37] desert equals like wow so he said this
[16:41] money that I'm giving you is green and
[16:43] is sweet and he says but whoever takes
[16:48] it whoever takes this money and they are
[16:53] not sat or they are satisfied with it he
[16:57] says
[16:59] Allah will put Baraka in it so what
[17:02] whatever money you get if you're
[17:05] satisfied with it Allah will put
[17:07] blessing in it meaning what does Baraka
[17:09] mean a little bit goes a long way a
[17:12] little bit can do a lot more than you
[17:14] imagine and then he
[17:18] says whoever takes it and their heart
[17:21] their soul their their NS is not happy
[17:24] with it wants more and more he says
[17:32] he says this person will never be
[17:33] satisfied because Allah will never put
[17:37] Baraka in it and the person will live
[17:40] their life day in day out Monday through
[17:42] Friday and the
[17:44] weekends they will be like a person that
[17:46] eats food and never gets hungry never
[17:47] gets full they're always
[17:50] hungry and he says Subhan Allah that
[17:53] this
[17:54] personam when he heard this he used to
[17:57] be the story behind his why he asked the
[18:00] prophet was because he said I loved
[18:02] money he was honest you know many of us
[18:04] were not honest we're like no I'm good
[18:06] right but then lowkey you're like
[18:07] texting like hey you know can I can I
[18:10] get can I get that reference can I get
[18:11] that you know I want a raise can I get a
[18:13] promotion like we love it we it's
[18:15] something that we we all struggle with
[18:16] Allah
[18:17] says you love money so in his love for
[18:22] wealth used to go to the prophet just
[18:24] ask for you know uh what do they call it
[18:27] allowance used to
[18:29] go he
[18:31] says I asked him over and over and over
[18:34] again and it was was actually has cousin
[18:38] so now imagine the prophet you know he
[18:40] it's my in-laws I got to like you know
[18:42] can't say no to my cousin-in-law you
[18:44] know and so Subhan Allah he kept giving
[18:46] him over and over and over again and
[18:48] then hakeim has this conversation where
[18:50] the Prophet lays it on him and what is
[18:52] what does say after this this is many
[18:54] years later he says Wallah after that
[18:56] conversation I never ever asked a single
[18:59] person for a dime after that I realize
[19:03] that what Allah has given me is more
[19:06] than enough is more than enough and so
[19:10] IM M he says and he quotes this Hadith
[19:13] where the prophet he
[19:15] says whoever makes this world their
[19:19] greatest concern I want you to think
[19:21] about what that
[19:23] means let's do this
[19:25] practically when you wake up what do you
[19:28] think about
[19:29] as you walk throughout your day what do
[19:31] you think
[19:33] about
[19:36] sleep yeah that's true right what do you
[19:40] think about as you go throughout your
[19:42] day what do you think about what are you
[19:45] conditioned to give your heart to you
[19:48] know what do you what do you dream about
[19:51] what do you
[19:51] fantasize Subhan Allah you know we're
[19:53] scrolling and we see clothing and items
[19:57] and vacations and food food and
[19:59] everything I was at the gym and I'm on
[20:01] the treadmill right which is like boot
[20:04] camp for you know unhealthy people we're
[20:05] just sitting there all look
[20:07] sad and you know what they have on the
[20:09] TV this is if this is not the Dunya then
[20:11] I don't know what is we're in a
[20:14] gymnasium right we are in a gym in an
[20:16] Athletic Facility where we are paying
[20:18] money to exercise in air
[20:22] conditioning and we are walking on a
[20:24] machine that emulates the world like you
[20:27] could just do it on a sidewalk
[20:29] okay and we are watching a TV that is
[20:32] hung in front of us to distract us from
[20:34] this
[20:35] torture and what is on the TV Food
[20:39] Channel and what are they doing eating
[20:41] chicken tenders and french fries and all
[20:44] of us on there are thinking what's our
[20:46] post move after the gym chicken tenders
[20:49] have some protein right like you're
[20:51] imagining this and I and W I think to
[20:53] myself I'm not joking I'm sitting there
[20:55] and I'm
[20:56] like what kind of sick game is
[20:59] this like surely someone did this
[21:02] intentionally and and and this is
[21:04] exactly what the Dunya is the dun is
[21:06] nothing but lived contradictions for the
[21:09] person that can't see beyond the
[21:11] illusion they don't think it's a
[21:12] contradiction but for those people that
[21:14] look around they're like am I crazy here
[21:17] is this the only am I the only person
[21:19] that's noticing how contradictory this
[21:21] is think about this you know this
[21:23] happened actually when I was younger we
[21:26] used to go and we used to collect left
[21:28] over food from local bakeries Panera
[21:30] Bread was one of them and we used to go
[21:31] and collect that and then we would take
[21:33] that food to some of these distribution
[21:36] centers down town that would call those
[21:38] people who needed food in to get some
[21:39] food so this is part of like our our MSA
[21:42] in college we would go we'd take like
[21:45] leftover Bagels whatever we could
[21:47] whatever didn't go bad and then Subhan
[21:50] Allah this was the franchise owner they
[21:53] allowed us to do it and it was kind of
[21:55] on the low they were like come to the
[21:56] back door make sure you come after 11
[21:59] you know text me on your way Etc and
[22:01] they used to give I'm not joking like
[22:03] thousands of dollars worth of food now
[22:06] listen that they would otherwise have to
[22:08] throw
[22:10] away the district manager found out
[22:13] after a few months and the person got in
[22:15] trouble they got fined or something and
[22:17] then they had to throw these things away
[22:19] and we used to go and we used to
[22:21] actually Subhan Allah stand there and
[22:22] watch them take all this food and just
[22:26] good clean Pure Food and just throw it
[22:29] in garbage cans and just a block away is
[22:33] someone with a sign that says please I'm
[22:35] hungry this world is maddening if you
[22:39] don't see it it can drive you insane the
[22:42] contradictions that you see I always
[22:44] tell people that say why would God let
[22:46] this happen I say Subhan Allah why why
[22:48] Allah is asking us why are you letting
[22:50] this
[22:51] happen why are you there's not enough
[22:53] food for everybody in the world you know
[22:55] when I used to teach a I used to ask
[22:56] this question people say why would God
[22:58] why would God allow uh hunger I said
[23:01] there's not enough food for everybody is
[23:03] there enough food yes or no absolutely
[23:07] absolutely you you all said that with
[23:08] the conviction of people that have
[23:10] bought groceries put it in your fridge
[23:11] until it went bad and thrown it away
[23:13] that's the that's the N there's memes
[23:15] about this now I went grocery shopping
[23:17] can't wait to throw this away in six
[23:19] days that's how privileged and spoiled
[23:21] we've become we live in a world where we
[23:23] see the problem we have a solution but
[23:26] we don't bring the solution to the
[23:28] problem Subhan Allah for what reason
[23:31] Allah knows best and so listen to this
[23:34] Hadith cuz you're going to you're going
[23:35] to hear the Hadith and say how is that
[23:37] possible listen he says whoever makes
[23:40] the world their greatest concern Allah
[23:43] subhana wa ta'ala
[23:44] will
[23:46] divide your attention between all of
[23:49] your
[23:51] concerns and will leave nothing left for
[23:53] your heart except for the feeling of
[23:55] being P impoverished
[23:58] so whoever all they think about is not
[24:01] the purpose of their life not what they
[24:03] should be doing or could be doing with
[24:04] their time that's better none of those
[24:06] things whoever all they think about is
[24:10] what can I buy what can I get that's new
[24:13] what can I upgrade what can I do this
[24:15] what can I do that right like it's
[24:17] almost a joke now the new iPhone it's
[24:20] actually a
[24:21] joke I I apologize if you bought it I'm
[24:23] not offending you right but you should
[24:26] feel very offended but there's no
[24:29] difference between last year and this
[24:30] year it's like they sit in a room and
[24:32] they're like what can we do that these
[24:33] fools will Subhan Allah right what can
[24:37] we do and and and and people and society
[24:41] and the world stops and watches as
[24:43] nothing is changed and they buy the new
[24:45] one why because why because the feeling
[24:48] we get makes us feel if we don't have it
[24:50] we feel impoverished if I don't have
[24:53] this brand I feel impoverished if I
[24:54] don't have this I feel impoverished so
[24:55] he says s alhi wasallam whoever ever
[24:58] thinks only about the dun Allah will
[25:00] give you the dun he'll give it to you
[25:03] he'll divide it up put it right in front
[25:05] of you but you know what else he'll give
[25:06] you he'll give you the pain of anxiety
[25:09] of feeling poor all the time you'll
[25:11] never feel satisfied go ahead that's
[25:14] what the Dy comes with it's a poison
[25:17] pill it's that's what the prophet wasam
[25:19] said this money is green and sweet when
[25:23] you see it you're going to feel good but
[25:25] you know what comes with that money if
[25:26] that's all you care about is the
[25:28] sickness of Love of this world but now
[25:30] listen to the second half he says as for
[25:34] the one who makes the Hereafter the
[25:38] their greatest concern he says Allah
[25:40] subhana wa tala will give this person
[25:43] something in their heart that is
[25:46] unreplaceable that you can't replicate
[25:49] what is that experience Allah will give
[25:51] this person Sakina Tranquility he will
[25:55] give this person Focus he will give this
[25:58] person the ability to navigate through
[26:00] any difficulty and he says s alaihi
[26:03] wasallam that Allah will place wealth in
[26:07] the heart of this person to such an
[26:10] extent that he will feel she will feel
[26:14] that the world is their
[26:17] servant what's the amazing thing about
[26:19] this Hadith the amazing thing of this
[26:21] Hadith is that the net worth of these
[26:23] two individuals are not discussed we
[26:26] don't know actually we don't know which
[26:28] one is Rich or poor we don't know which
[26:30] one has more money or less money all we
[26:32] know is not the wealth but we know how
[26:35] they see the
[26:36] world it's very possible Subhan Allah
[26:38] that a person could be doing very well
[26:40] financially but they can go to sleep
[26:42] every night with poverty in their heart
[26:44] and it's very possible that a person
[26:46] could be living modestly moderately even
[26:49] with a little bit of struggle but they
[26:51] feel an immense sense of gratitude to
[26:55] Allah to where they feel like they have
[26:57] too much that they have too much so
[27:00] listen to this the commentator says the
[27:04] fundamental base what makes you
[27:07] successful as a person is your ability
[27:09] to focus you guys all have cameras on
[27:11] your phones right you hold up your
[27:13] cameras and you take a picture and you
[27:15] realize that there's something that is
[27:17] in focus and something that is out of
[27:19] focus right and how do you change that
[27:21] anyone know tap the screen very good so
[27:25] when you tap the screen you're telling
[27:26] the camera I want you to focus on this
[27:28] not that so you know the difference
[27:30] between the person who feels rich and
[27:31] poor it's the same picture it's just how
[27:33] you focus it's just how you focus
[27:36] remember growing up and your parents
[27:37] would talk to you about be thankful for
[27:39] what you have there's people that don't
[27:40] have what you have and you would say
[27:42] like H I know and you would just be
[27:47] like you in that moment as a child it's
[27:50] okay right you're like this happened
[27:53] last week I'm 27 no that's a problem
[27:55] right but you in that moment as a child
[27:58] the problem was you didn't have the
[27:59] ability to change
[28:01] Focus you were stuck on you you were
[28:03] like this is what I want this is what I
[28:04] want all my friends have it this is what
[28:06] I want your parents or uncle or whoever
[28:08] grandparents those who were more wise
[28:11] than you who have more experience they
[28:13] said hey you're not focusing on the
[28:15] right part of this picture you're
[28:17] focusing too much on yourself you need
[28:19] to look and see what everyone else
[28:21] Subhan Allah doesn't have that you have
[28:24] is why the prophet there's a man who
[28:26] came to him and he said y Allah I have I
[28:30] have hardness of my heart I feel my
[28:32] heart is hard what's the sign of a hard
[28:34] heart in gratitude person's not thankful
[28:38] a person
[28:39] is they ignore their responsibilities to
[28:42] Allah they don't pray Etc so he came to
[28:44] the prophet he said I have a hard heart
[28:46] right you know what the prophet Isam
[28:48] told him what was the prescription
[28:49] anyone
[28:50] know that's a really good guess and
[28:52] that's you're you're like basically
[28:54] there but there was a specific action he
[28:56] said he said donate there
[28:59] action he
[29:01] said go and Pat the head of an orphan he
[29:05] wasn't saying this like do this and then
[29:08] walk away like hey
[29:11] orphan he was saying what what does that
[29:13] mean in Arabic when you tell someone to
[29:15] go and Pat somebody's head it's the same
[29:17] thing as putting an armor on the
[29:19] shoulder in English we say go put your
[29:21] armor on their shoulder you don't go do
[29:23] like
[29:24] like awkward first wedd first wedding
[29:26] photo like you know no when you say put
[29:30] armor on shoulder what you're saying is
[29:32] what Embrace that person the prophet
[29:35] wasam goes to this man who says my heart
[29:37] is hard and he
[29:39] says do you think you have anything to
[29:42] complain about when you go and look at a
[29:45] young boy who has no parents that our
[29:47] life what complaint do you
[29:50] have that can match the complaint of a
[29:53] child that lost his village his support
[29:59] when that child cries they don't have a
[30:01] parent to go to they don't have the
[30:04] consolation of a mother or father your
[30:06] difficulties by contrast to that child
[30:09] are
[30:09] nothing so he said to him that you have
[30:12] this hard heart go and spend time with
[30:16] the ones who are dealing with a lot more
[30:18] difficulty than
[30:20] you so the prophet is here he says you
[30:24] have to change your
[30:25] focus gratitude is within reach for all
[30:29] of us if we learn how to change our
[30:33] focus and he says if you focus on what
[30:36] you were created
[30:39] for to serve Allah and to serve others
[30:43] then everything else in the world feels
[30:46] like a
[30:47] footnote everything
[30:49] else if I were to ask somebody what did
[30:52] you accomplish today if I went up to
[30:54] someone in this room what what did you
[30:55] do
[30:56] today and
[30:59] the person was focused on the wrong
[31:01] things you might tell me everything that
[31:03] you've done and you might leave
[31:08] out right it's and we're all guilty of
[31:11] this like what did you do today I'm like
[31:12] well I woke up you know I made breakfast
[31:14] I went to work I did that I worked out
[31:16] hung out with this did that called my
[31:18] friends and after this we're going to go
[31:19] here and and you know I sound like an
[31:22] Egyptian mom my Egyptian mom
[31:24] specifically but she would say to me
[31:27] when she said like what are you doing
[31:28] today what are your plans today and I
[31:29] would ignore the prayer I wouldn't
[31:32] mention it it was just a given like oh
[31:33] yeah I'm like of course of course Mama
[31:35] of course she would say no don't say of
[31:39] course you have to make it a point that
[31:42] this is something that you are going to
[31:43] actually give your time
[31:45] to so think about when you think about
[31:48] your own daily accomplishments is the
[31:51] Salah included in that and especially
[31:54] this is going to be a little bit awkward
[31:56] but hey that's why we're here
[31:59] if you're not able to consistently do
[32:01] your five prayers every day then making
[32:04] your prayers is actually a major
[32:06] accomplishment if you don't make feder
[32:09] every day and you wake up the dude feder
[32:11] these days this is as easy as it gets
[32:13] y'all you wake up it's like feder ends
[32:16] when 9:40 like get no I'm just Jing not
[32:18] that late you know this is as good as it
[32:21] gets you know November 3rd the clocks
[32:23] are going back so we're going to offer
[32:24] janaza on November 2nd for easy fudgers
[32:27] but
[32:28] if you don't if you struggle with feder
[32:29] every day and you wake up and pray feder
[32:31] that is a major accomplishment you know
[32:33] why you feel accomplished because you
[32:34] change your
[32:35] focus you realize that I'm not getting
[32:38] up for work I'm getting up for feder and
[32:40] I just happen to go to
[32:42] work right that's What Makes You
[32:44] Different everyone else in the world is
[32:46] the same What Makes You Different is
[32:47] that your focus is different so he says
[32:50] the person that realizes that their
[32:52] focus should be on serving Allah and
[32:53] serving others everything else becomes a
[32:55] footnote everything else
[32:59] says once you accept that you were not
[33:02] created just to make money to drive a
[33:06] certain car to marry a certain
[33:10] person or to look in a particular way he
[33:14] says that you will find this Focus that
[33:17] you're looking for the question is how
[33:20] do I get it you have to eliminate all
[33:23] distractions you have to push everything
[33:25] else
[33:26] aside if you keep
[33:29] letting your heart attach itself to
[33:32] things that are
[33:33] temporary and that will eventually fall
[33:35] away you will never be able to attach
[33:38] your heart to that which is permanent
[33:40] why ises Allah T in the back in the back
[33:43] right we're going to get inshallah the
[33:45] pieces that explain each calligraphy at
[33:48] the end of
[33:50] Allah he says
[33:59] Allah commenting on all of us says you
[34:03] prefer this life this is your challenge
[34:07] your challenge is that you you prefer
[34:09] this life you know the first day of of
[34:11] work the person that's training you or
[34:14] that's on boarding you tells you this
[34:15] like hey one of the challenges here is
[34:17] going to be this Allah is telling you
[34:19] one of your challenges here is going to
[34:20] be this you're going to constantly have
[34:22] to battle your
[34:24] preferences and then Allah says
[34:28] and it's it's almost it's almost
[34:31] humorous because Allah says the the
[34:34] thing that you're choosing to demote in
[34:36] your rankings the he says it's better
[34:40] than this life and it's permanent it's
[34:44] Everlasting if you were to go to
[34:46] somebody and say why would you give
[34:49] everything you have every resource all
[34:51] of your money to renovate a hotel
[34:53] room when your home is over there my
[34:58] shik used to use this example he says
[34:59] would you ever buy new furniture new
[35:01] television new carpet paint a hotel room
[35:04] that you're spending a weekend and we
[35:05] said no she he said why not and we used
[35:07] to say because we're not staying there
[35:09] he said then why do you treat the dun
[35:10] this
[35:11] way
[35:13] why says you need to look at the dun
[35:15] like a hotel room you're only here for a
[35:18] short while if something's not working
[35:21] if the TV's not perfect if the bathroom
[35:25] door has an weird Creek to it
[35:28] right if the balcony doesn't open all
[35:30] the way you can complain to management
[35:32] if you want Karen you can right or you
[35:36] can just I'm sorry if your name is
[35:37] actually Karen welcome to Roots we're
[35:38] really happy to have you right okay but
[35:41] you can but the Tranquil Soul the
[35:45] Tranquil heart what do they say the
[35:49] person in the we paid for this leave
[35:51] them a one star da d d the Tranquil Soul
[35:54] says what we're only here for a day
[35:58] let's just let's go somewhere let's
[36:01] change our Focus don't focus on
[36:04] that right but if if the same thing is
[36:08] happening in your home where you are
[36:11] going to be where you know is your
[36:13] permanent
[36:14] Abode that's where your energy is
[36:17] due the is our home the D is a temporary
[36:22] place this is our hotel I know we think
[36:26] it's going to be 70 80 years whatever
[36:27] ever but whenever you measure anything
[36:29] against Infinity it's
[36:32] zero is our
[36:34] home Allah says so he says if you do not
[36:40] accept that you were created to worship
[36:45] then the default is you will chase all
[36:47] these other distractions like a car
[36:48] chasing a dog chasing a car down the
[36:51] road and you'll realize at the end of
[36:53] every chase that you never got any real
[36:56] happiness
[36:58] that's why fasting is so amazing because
[37:01] fasting is literally the deprivation of
[37:03] everything you think makes you
[37:05] happy and Subhan Allah in one month you
[37:07] learn that even the things that you
[37:09] think really make you happy are not the
[37:11] things that bring you true joy and
[37:13] happiness you know as you're sitting
[37:15] there one thing I I think that's really
[37:17] profound is in Ramadan there's things
[37:20] that we give up because we have to give
[37:21] them up like food and drink and all that
[37:23] but then there's other things that we
[37:24] give up that's more
[37:26] voluntary like like people give up for
[37:28] example like you know watching TV
[37:30] listening to music if that's what they
[37:32] struggle with Etc all these things right
[37:34] and in the last 10 nights we give up
[37:37] even more you know people give up like
[37:40] this is not like a offensive thing but
[37:42] I'm just saying I think it's interesting
[37:43] because I sit here so I'm able to see
[37:45] everybody right people give up obsessing
[37:49] over what they're
[37:51] wearing people give up a lot of like
[37:54] makeup
[37:57] I'm just calling it like I see it really
[38:01] people give up the the most interesting
[38:04] things the last 10 nights are like the
[38:07] purest reflection in the mirror of who
[38:09] you really want to
[38:11] be every other day of the
[38:13] year we turn oursel into like the best
[38:17] presentation of who we think we are but
[38:19] in the last 10 nights it's the closest
[38:21] that your physical being is to your
[38:25] soul and and in those nights you feel
[38:28] like your soul is enough right like this
[38:31] is the most beautiful part of me I'm
[38:33] here the 27th night in the Masid making
[38:36] Dua this is the most beautiful I will
[38:38] ever be I don't need anything else to
[38:41] make me more beautiful than this and
[38:44] that's what he's saying here the more
[38:47] you're convinced that your purpose is
[38:48] Allah the less you feel like you have to
[38:51] I'm not saying don't dress nice I'm not
[38:53] saying what I'm saying is be confident
[38:56] more in your soul than than you are in
[38:57] your body because your body eventually
[39:00] goes away your soul does not may Allah
[39:02] give
[39:08] us and that's what he says we'll finish
[39:10] here you guys have Q&A inshallah if you
[39:13] want to send questions you can go to
[39:14] slido.com hardw workk inshallah and then
[39:16] we have prayer in about 10 minutes he
[39:18] says this is what the Hadith means when
[39:22] he says that the world will be
[39:23] subservient to you it's not that you own
[39:26] the world it's not that you will get to
[39:28] own the world but he
[39:30] says when you don't hold the world in
[39:33] your heart then you hold it in your
[39:36] hand these things don't implant
[39:39] themselves into your Consciousness
[39:41] you're able to control exactly how much
[39:42] you need when you need it it's like
[39:45] being able to see something and to turn
[39:47] it away or it's like being able to see
[39:50] something take a little bit or it's like
[39:52] seeing something and recognizing this is
[39:54] actually in fact what you need may Allah
[39:56] T give us the perspective that the
[39:58] author has been talking about may Allah
[40:00] T give us the ability to not fall in
[40:02] love with the D in a way that discards
[40:04] the may Allah give us the ability to
[40:06] focus and gain the skill of being able
[40:08] to focus on the right things and may
[40:10] Allah T make us truly content with what
[40:12] we have and that we're not people that
[40:15] are constantly asking for more but that
[40:17] we seek more Baraka in what we already
[40:20] have let's go ahead inshallah and go to
[40:22] the Q&A um if you go to slido.com
[40:25] let me it's not working okay let me see
[40:28] let me reset it okay try
[40:31] now the code is heart
[40:39] work I'm trying to see who can send the
[40:42] first marriage
[40:45] question
[40:51] okay
[40:53] okay number one prayer is in about 12
[40:57] minutes so we'll talk for about 8
[40:58] minutes and then we'll break inshallah
[41:00] are dating apps Halal I need you to
[41:02] stand up and quietly leave no I'm joking
[41:05] \[Laughter\]
[41:07] it uh you know I actually don't know the
[41:10] answer um because I've never been on a
[41:12] dating app so you got to ask someone
[41:16] who's been on one
[41:18] um I got married a long time ago before
[41:21] dating apps were uh a thing so Allah
[41:24] Knows Best
[41:27] my heart feels hard okay ready my heart
[41:29] feels hard as well especially in the
[41:31] context of razza it breaks my heart but
[41:33] I don't cry easily seeing gruesome
[41:35] images I just carry on my day I'm not
[41:38] sure how to bring it back to life okay
[41:39] can I can I share something with you as
[41:41] a as a a chronic
[41:44] crier
[41:45] um crying is not the only you know
[41:48] there's a crying of the eye and there's
[41:50] a crying of the heart and there are
[41:52] people who can cry with their eyes and
[41:54] not actually be sad like there's actors
[41:57] okay and likewise there are people who
[42:00] are who can weep internally but their
[42:03] eyes are not they don't express and
[42:06] articulate that right and sometimes
[42:09] you're really just honestly you're too
[42:11] devastated to even
[42:13] cry um and so I don't want anyone in the
[42:16] room to feel like because I don't shed
[42:18] tears I must not be like a caring
[42:22] emotional person no that's not true
[42:24] that's not true when the scholars talk
[42:26] about Eyes Crying you know there are
[42:29] some Scholars that further elaborate and
[42:31] say that it's not a
[42:33] requirement of emotion for a person to
[42:35] shed tears what you need to so then how
[42:37] do you know that you're feeling
[42:39] something is when your heart is
[42:41] experiencing the emotion when you are
[42:43] experiencing it ask yourself some basic
[42:46] questions right when I am looking at
[42:48] something when I'm witnessing this thing
[42:50] how do I
[42:51] feel
[42:54] um there was a person that said you know
[42:56] that when I when I see certain things
[42:58] from Gazza I I don't have an appetite
[43:02] for food I go to bed without eating and
[43:03] I said that's that's an expression of
[43:06] grief that's how your body is expressing
[43:09] the sadness your stomach that normally
[43:12] wants food after seeing this doesn't
[43:13] want food right so everybody has their
[43:17] different some people say I need to be
[43:18] alone I don't like talking my social
[43:20] battery is depleted instantly all of
[43:23] these are their own form of crying so
[43:26] whatever you feel feel don't discount
[43:28] that this is an expression of sympathy
[43:31] and of connectedness where you should be
[43:35] worried okay so as long as you're
[43:36] feeling something don't be worried where
[43:39] you should be worried is if you don't
[43:41] feel anything you don't feel anything
[43:44] you're just like okay that's a concern
[43:47] so empathy has different Expressions
[43:49] don't don't get so caught up in trying
[43:52] to find the expression you think you
[43:54] need to have allow yourself to feel the
[43:56] expression that is there but if you
[43:59] don't feel any expression then there
[44:00] might be uh some things to go uh uh with
[44:04] that
[44:06] inshallah uh the top question I'm just
[44:08] going to answer it because it's been
[44:09] upvoted 19 times why is there no gender
[44:11] segregation at Roots uh there is
[44:14] mashallah um I don't see any men over
[44:16] here and I don't see any women over here
[44:19] uh and then we have a family section in
[44:21] the middle for those that have come uh
[44:22] together and so uh if you have any good
[44:25] questions then come see me personally
[44:26] inshallah
[44:27] otherwise uh thank you for coming thank
[44:29] you for
[44:32] playing
[44:35] um how do you know you're ready for
[44:42] marriage next
[44:46] question there's a there's a Shar answer
[44:49] to this and then there's like an
[44:50] emotional intelligence answer to this
[44:52] like sh like the Shar requires that a
[44:54] person have um you know uh stability in
[44:58] terms of their uh their body their mind
[45:01] their finances of course Faith that's
[45:02] that's a prerequisite of course um and
[45:05] if a person is stable in their in their
[45:08] personal you know themsel their being
[45:10] their mind their AK and their their
[45:12] finances um then that is a prerequisite
[45:15] that they fulfilled and that is a sign
[45:17] of Readiness for marriage but of course
[45:19] it goes way beyond that it goes way way
[45:21] beyond that um there are you know great
[45:24] books that a person could read There are
[45:25] sessions that a person can take where
[45:27] they can discover you know if they're
[45:29] emotionally equipped because when you
[45:30] marry somebody um it's marriage is
[45:33] wonderful it's incredible but it is in
[45:36] fact uh work like any relationship you
[45:39] know you can get hired at the best job
[45:41] that you ever wanted to work at in your
[45:42] entire life and there are still
[45:44] requirements right there are still
[45:45] things you have to do um and
[45:48] so all of these all of these sort of
[45:51] like romanticized Notions about marriage
[45:53] inshallah they're all true uh but they
[45:55] all come with the context of a person
[45:57] being able to facilitate a good
[45:59] relationship inshallah so those require
[46:01] some Readiness and that requires some
[46:05] Focus
[46:09] um do we wear hijab in Jenna I don't
[46:12] know I haven't been yet
[46:21] so yeah me too I can't believe someone
[46:23] asked that actually she goes I can't
[46:25] believe someone asked that I don't know
[46:27] I don't I yeah I don't really know
[46:29] that's a great
[46:30] question all
[46:35] right so this question has popped up a
[46:37] few weeks in a row so I'm going to
[46:38] answer but I'm going to answer it my way
[46:40] so what is the bare minimum of f in
[46:43] hijab do we have to cover our necks our
[46:44] pants allowed Etc uh and the question
[46:47] was edited which I don't know what you
[46:48] added but um Always by the way very
[46:51] shady when you edit like texts and stuff
[46:53] just just know that we can all still see
[46:55] what you said the first time so
[46:57] um so the the you know there's actually
[47:01] there there is a scholar discussion it
[47:02] all comes down to basically the uh the
[47:07] the covering of the shape the explicitly
[47:10] understood and seen shape of a body okay
[47:14] and there's different expressions of
[47:15] that and I'm going to let like people
[47:17] like you know
[47:20] andari and others who are actual like
[47:22] female Scholars that are here at you
[47:24] guys can you know seek this from them
[47:27] has a every Sunday you guys are more
[47:29] than welcome to come insh and ask her um
[47:31] for that but what I will say is that so
[47:35] thei side of it I'll let them handle um
[47:38] but what I will say from the spiritual
[47:39] side of this is that everybody in their
[47:42] journey in Islam is required to do their
[47:48] best okay and so when we look at an
[47:51] ideal and someone is not yet at an ideal
[47:54] it's very dangerous to make somebody
[47:56] feel like you're either 100 or you're
[47:58] zero and there's nothing between there
[48:01] are many stops along the way uh if we do
[48:05] hijab that's one example if we do prayer
[48:07] that's one example um if we do fasting
[48:10] you know if somebody's learning how to
[48:11] fast if they can't do all 30 days of
[48:14] fasting or 29 do we just say like okay
[48:16] kalas don't do it no we say what do what
[48:18] you can you know even if somebody for
[48:20] example with chronic illness says I I'm
[48:23] not able to make it fully some days you
[48:25] know what the Shar says you have to try
[48:27] every day you can't just give yourself a
[48:29] blanket no you have to start everyday
[48:31] fasting and then break it if it's 9:00
[48:33] a.m. it's 9:00 a.m. if it's 5:00 P p.m.
[48:35] it's 5:00 p.m. but you have to start
[48:36] every day so the the idea is that when
[48:39] somebody is doing something to get
[48:40] closer to Allah T whether it's an
[48:42] obligation or whether it's something
[48:43] that's extra that person is doing what
[48:46] they can and what is the best even if
[48:48] they're not fulfilling what is obligated
[48:51] their effort is still considered by
[48:53] Allah tala okay so it might be wearing
[48:57] something a little bit more modest even
[48:59] if somebody doesn't cover their hair and
[49:01] that's a step on the journey right it
[49:04] might be a person wearing a hijab like a
[49:07] a headscarf even if they're not wearing
[49:09] Abaya and that's a step on the journey
[49:12] okay and the ideal which I'll let Fatima
[49:14] and other female Scholars handle that is
[49:18] there and we don't remove that but we
[49:20] also don't say that all of your effort
[49:21] is worthless until you get to 100 okay
[49:24] it's the same with any other question
[49:27] that we have Allah does not you know
[49:30] destroy or waste anyone's Good Deeds
[49:33] right may Allah give us
[49:36] uh uh okay last one then we'll break for
[49:39] prayer
[49:46] inshallah oh
[49:50] God these are just a
[49:52] lot how can I gain more love for the
[49:55] Quran there's one thing that I have
[49:57] learned in this question that has worked
[49:59] every time for me and other people that
[50:01] have asked and that is you have to
[50:03] listen to it you have to engage with it
[50:06] um there is no way that you can love
[50:08] something more unless you engage with it
[50:10] more
[50:11] frequently find a reciter that you enjoy
[50:14] find someone that their voice is
[50:16] beautiful to you and listen to the Quran
[50:19] let that be the entry to your journey
[50:21] and then use it to follow along as you
[50:23] read and then use it to develop a
[50:25] relationship and maybe memorize what you
[50:27] can and make that your path to the Quran
[50:31] and then eventually you'll get to a
[50:32] point where you want to learn what
[50:33] you're actually hearing and the language
[50:35] and you want to understand the the
[50:36] stories behind it these are all steps
[50:38] along the way but it all begins with the
[50:40] first one which is it is so simple to
[50:43] hit the play button on Spotify it is so
[50:46] easy to hit the play button with a
[50:48] reciter that's voice is beautiful and
[50:50] it's so it's so just absolutely simple
[50:54] for a person to listen to the recitation
[50:56] of the Quran and let that wash over
[50:58] their heart and then Allah T will
[51:00] inshallah expand those
[51:03] doors okay all righty we're going to go
[51:06] ahead and break now
[51:08] everybody inshallah if you sat on the
[51:11] chairs could you help us out by stacking
[51:13] them um in the uh on the dollies if you
[51:16] sat on the back Jacks could you help us
[51:18] out by lining them up front
[51:25] inshallah
[51:55] e
[53:25] e e

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