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<v Speaker 1>Mhm Hifahrakatu.

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<v Speaker 2>Smila Rama Rahim sala Ali. He was happy here Jamahin

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<v Speaker 2>once again, my brothers, my sisters, we always praise a

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<v Speaker 2>loss of Hannah Alah. We seek his protection from we

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<v Speaker 2>seek his protection against all evil, and we ask him

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<v Speaker 2>every goodness, not just for us, but for humanity at large.

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<v Speaker 2>And we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammed Sali was

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<v Speaker 2>seldom and all those who were sent from the very

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<v Speaker 2>beginning to remove us from darkness and to take us

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<v Speaker 2>to the light I mean, and we ask a lot

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<v Speaker 2>to bless their companions and to bless everyone of us,

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<v Speaker 2>and to grant us all the best of this world

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<v Speaker 2>in the next Ami, my brothers and sisters. Every year

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<v Speaker 2>the month of Ramavan comes, and this month it brings

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<v Speaker 2>about a different joy. We become happy people masia llah

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<v Speaker 2>during the month of Ramadan, especially when we're about to

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<v Speaker 2>see the moon. And then once the moon is sighted

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<v Speaker 2>and the excitement of the first few nights of Taraweh

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<v Speaker 2>sort of dwindles, we find the message is slightly empty

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<v Speaker 2>and people start beginning to feel like, gosh, I've still

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<v Speaker 2>got twenty seven days to go right. And then when

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<v Speaker 2>you're in this part of the world, subhan allah. It

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<v Speaker 2>becomes so prolonged, especially during these years, but Allah compensates it.

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<v Speaker 2>But a few years down the line, you guys will

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<v Speaker 2>be having the shortest fasts ever. Right, we might have

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<v Speaker 2>to come here for Ramdan at that time. For now,

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<v Speaker 2>you can come over by us. It's fine, no problem.

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<v Speaker 2>It's actually permissible to travel to a place where where

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<v Speaker 2>the fast is shorter. Nothing wrong to do that. You

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<v Speaker 2>can actually travel to a place where the fast is

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<v Speaker 2>shorter in order to spend Ramadan with your children or

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<v Speaker 2>those who might not be so well, or those who

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<v Speaker 2>just cannot keep such a long fast. It's not prohibited.

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<v Speaker 2>Hannahawa tala, make it easy. I know you're looking at

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<v Speaker 2>me like you're gonna give us the money to go

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<v Speaker 2>on holiday, you know, But my brothers and sisters, Ramadan

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<v Speaker 2>is a blessed month. It's a blessed month. When we

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<v Speaker 2>see the moon that goodness, and when you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>lights are turned on in the message, then the people

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<v Speaker 2>are fulfilling their Salah. And even in the homes the

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<v Speaker 2>environment is such that walahi the blessedness. You feel it,

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<v Speaker 2>you can actually feel it. It's different the food you

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<v Speaker 2>consume during the evening in the Ramadan has a taste

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<v Speaker 2>to it that is different from that which was eaten,

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<v Speaker 2>even if it were the same dish before or after Ramadan.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a blessing. But my brothers and sisters remember that

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<v Speaker 2>that initial height, the initial high that we're sorry, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not talking of cannabis, not at all, but the initial

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<v Speaker 2>high that you feel subhana lah. We need to maintain that.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to keep going. The prophets a lallah ali

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<v Speaker 2>Hua Seldam has taught us about how the best of

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<v Speaker 2>deeds are those that are done regularly, even if they're little,

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<v Speaker 2>small deeds, but done regularly. So when we start Ramadan, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>we're excited. The first day we were the imam, we heard

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<v Speaker 2>the whole of Sorda bakaramasha la Tabarakala. The next day

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<v Speaker 2>we're not there. Why hey, it was a bit long yesterday. Suhanahlah.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, what's the score, guys? Anyone knows one

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<v Speaker 2>nol la ila wi ali al aldin one new Suhanahlah.

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<v Speaker 2>People are following football. No, it's okay, it is one neil.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, Mala suhannahuata alaku grant Us is people

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<v Speaker 2>are asking us, why did you time it such that

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to Cardiff tomorrow? I said, just as well,

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<v Speaker 2>we didn't go to Cardiff today. You know, but my

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<v Speaker 2>brothers and sisters, that will only be understood by the

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<v Speaker 2>football fans. Right, so that hype. We have a hype.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we support a football team and we get

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<v Speaker 2>so excited. I see people my challah. They look so religious.

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<v Speaker 2>They weep, they cry tears when their team is losing.

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<v Speaker 2>I promise you they may do are like they haven't

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<v Speaker 2>even made for their own mothers in law. They make

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<v Speaker 2>do our like they have never made for their family members,

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<v Speaker 2>just for a team, for a ball to be kicked

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<v Speaker 2>this way and that way. The point I want to

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<v Speaker 2>raise is, look at how passionate we become. We'll follow

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<v Speaker 2>the team and keep going and the players and everything else.

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<v Speaker 2>But I promise you the season of Ramadan is far

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<v Speaker 2>more important. We need to follow it with equally important,

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<v Speaker 2>with meaning, with greater zeal. We need to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>that we actually have this within us to say, look

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<v Speaker 2>this the month. I am definitely going to make an

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<v Speaker 2>effort because my brothers and sisters. Without an effort, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna come. You know, don't think that Allah will

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<v Speaker 2>push you along all the way. No, you got to

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<v Speaker 2>push yourself because Allah gave you the energy. Make the effort,

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<v Speaker 2>I promise you. Without the effort, it's not going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>If we didn't make an effort, this event was not

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<v Speaker 2>going to take place. And if you didn't make an effort,

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<v Speaker 2>this event was not going to take place. You made

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<v Speaker 2>an effort. We made an effort. We all tried to

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<v Speaker 2>get this thing coming, you know, get it together. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why it is here, and that's why we're all here.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine if somebody didn't think of it, and if somebody,

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<v Speaker 2>if you guys didn't think of coming and contributing towards

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<v Speaker 2>the success of this beautiful event with such a lovely

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<v Speaker 2>you know place, that venue that we've had al hand La.

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<v Speaker 2>I was just telling one of the brothers, this venue

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<v Speaker 2>is superb. Perhaps we should do more here, sou hanah Lah.

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<v Speaker 2>Will each one of you bring along ten of your

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<v Speaker 2>friends with you, charlah, Yeah, and we can have a

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<v Speaker 2>much more impressive event in Shah by the will of Allah,

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<v Speaker 2>who knows well. If you're really keen, you can always

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<v Speaker 2>write up to light upon light in Shallah and tell

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<v Speaker 2>them that we will make sure that it happens in shallah.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you don't make an effort, you're not going

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to achieve when the first day of

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<v Speaker 2>Ramadan comes. Already you should have an intention that this

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<v Speaker 2>month I'm going to dedicate. I'm going to dedicate when

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<v Speaker 2>Ramadan comes, it is a month where you will feel fatigued,

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<v Speaker 2>you will feel tired. Your sleep is going to be

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<v Speaker 2>upside down, especially in this part of the world. Your

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<v Speaker 2>chores are going to be difficult to fulfill. The night

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<v Speaker 2>is not going to be so easy. As short as

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<v Speaker 2>it is. You've got to eat, You've got to make

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<v Speaker 2>maridrisha tarawih. Perhaps the hendrit becomes a little bit easier.

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<v Speaker 2>You might want to shorten it slightly. You're gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>to have fajor and you're sleeping times. And you will

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<v Speaker 2>also hear about the debates regarding the timings of when

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<v Speaker 2>you're allowed to put a date in your mouth or

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<v Speaker 2>not right. All those debates are in places you might

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<v Speaker 2>be thinking, well, please tell us what's the ruling. You

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<v Speaker 2>want to know it. No, you don't. I might come

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<v Speaker 2>up with a third opinion, and I'm going to cause

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<v Speaker 2>problems here. I'm not from this part of the world,

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<v Speaker 2>so I leave it to the local scholars. They've probably

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<v Speaker 2>studied it more than I have. But I want to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you they can be They can be more than

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<v Speaker 2>one correct opinion. Did you hear what I said? I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a person who firmly believes that if you actually, in

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<v Speaker 2>a matter of each he had in a matter of

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<v Speaker 2>you know where the opinions are valid, you can actually

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<v Speaker 2>have more than one valid opinion loss of Hanah houwa

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<v Speaker 2>talah bless every one of us and accept our fasting.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's not good enough to say, your guys, as

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<v Speaker 2>fast thing is not accepted because you know you you

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<v Speaker 2>ate for an hour more than we ate. If it

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<v Speaker 2>is a valid opinion based on evidence and hamdlilla or

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<v Speaker 2>based on what scholars who are reputable are saying, then

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<v Speaker 2>a hamdolillah mal loss of Hannah howatalah grant us acceptance.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's a big debate, big debate. The difference

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<v Speaker 2>is what one hour two hours between in the timing approximately?

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<v Speaker 2>Can someone tell me about an hour an hour's difference? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>So we ask Allah to make it easy for every

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<v Speaker 2>one of us. Whether you're following the later time the

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<v Speaker 2>earlier time. It doesn't mean that you're a bad person.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember that. So you need to have it within you

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<v Speaker 2>in advance. You need to know I'm gonna be tired,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not gonna be easy, but I'm gonna keep going

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<v Speaker 2>because we want the pleasure of Allah. Allah has promised

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<v Speaker 2>you jennah, and Jenna is not free, and jenna is

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<v Speaker 2>not such an easy achievement. When the Hadid says Allah

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<v Speaker 2>in Nasila at allah Hiralia, indeed, the commodity of Allah

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<v Speaker 2>is expensive, it's dear, which means it costs. You have

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<v Speaker 2>to pay for it. If it was something so easy,

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<v Speaker 2>he wouldn't have said that. That's why when there are

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<v Speaker 2>deeds that you do and Allah says in return you

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<v Speaker 2>get jenda, that deed is not going to be easy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be difficult. It's going to be really difficult.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to make an effort. I gave an example

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<v Speaker 2>a few days ago, when the Hadid says, to serve

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<v Speaker 2>your parents, you will gain genna. You need to know

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<v Speaker 2>that's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be one of

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<v Speaker 2>the most difficult things I'm ever gonna be able to do,

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<v Speaker 2>especially as you get older and you've got your own

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<v Speaker 2>family with your own kids, and then you still have

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<v Speaker 2>to juggle between your wife and your parents and so

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<v Speaker 2>on and your family members, et cetera. That is why

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<v Speaker 2>Allah says you will get jenna. You see, because it's tough.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very difficult. It's not easy. Same applies to the

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<v Speaker 2>month of Ramadan. To stand with Iman and yetisab, to

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<v Speaker 2>fast with Iman and yetisap The Hadid says you will

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<v Speaker 2>be totally forgiven. One narration says you'll be given jenna.

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<v Speaker 2>What's iman and what's yetisab Iman is the conviction in

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<v Speaker 2>your heart, the belief that I'm doing this for the

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<v Speaker 2>sake of a love, for the pleasure of Allah, to

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<v Speaker 2>earn the happiness of allahs of Hannah hawat Allah. H

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<v Speaker 2>Tisab means I'm doing this expecting a reward from Allah.

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<v Speaker 2>Allah promises me a reward, and I'm doing this for

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<v Speaker 2>this reward. Some people say, I don't want do it

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<v Speaker 2>for the reward. I don't want to do it for

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<v Speaker 2>this and for that, I just want to do it

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<v Speaker 2>for myself. Well, as a Muslim, you need to rectify

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<v Speaker 2>that intention. You do it for the pleasure of Allah.

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<v Speaker 2>Allah instructed you. That is why you are going to

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<v Speaker 2>do it. Yes, and you will be happy to do it,

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<v Speaker 2>so you are actually doing it for the sake of Allah,

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<v Speaker 2>and you will achieve goodness from it. But you need

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<v Speaker 2>to make your mind up from now this Ramadan, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to read Kooran and I'm going to make sure,

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<v Speaker 2>come what May, I'm going to cover the entire Kuran

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<v Speaker 2>in this month. Many of us, unfortunately, perhaps the majority

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<v Speaker 2>of us, we don't complete the entire Koran in Ramadan. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to teach you something this year that will

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<v Speaker 2>make life so easy for you. From now, you can

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<v Speaker 2>download an act perhaps on Koran Central. You can download

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<v Speaker 2>that app for an central. Choose one of your favorite recitors,

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<v Speaker 2>and guess what if the recite is reading a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit slow, what you do is let the reciter read

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit, and you repeat after the recast, and

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<v Speaker 2>you repeat after the reciter. If you have the opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to open the Qoran in front of you, you can

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<v Speaker 2>hear the recitation and read after the reciter, and you

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<v Speaker 2>just finish a quarter juice after every salah? A quarter jewice?

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<v Speaker 2>What's that? Not more than ten minutes after every sala

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<v Speaker 2>or sit in the evening and do it for thirty minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got the whole Jews done. Sit in the evening,

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<v Speaker 2>sit in the morning while you're waiting for iftar whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>But you need to promise yourself from now. That's one

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<v Speaker 2>way of doing things, and that's for those perhaps who

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<v Speaker 2>might not be professional in recitation of the Koran. And

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<v Speaker 2>you will perfect or improve your Koran. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have a plan, you're not going to get anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have a goal. What's gonna happen that football match?

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<v Speaker 2>You don't even know where the goalposts are? And I

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<v Speaker 2>think some players are like that, the way they operate

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<v Speaker 2>open goal posts and the guy flicks it right over

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<v Speaker 2>and you wonder, gosh, the juice man? You know? Man

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<v Speaker 2>la grant ease. This is what's happening to us in Ramadan.

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<v Speaker 2>Open goal posts. We're not scoring any goals because we

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<v Speaker 2>don't have a plan. We don't even know what we're

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be achieving here. So if you have an

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<v Speaker 2>aim and an objective and you have a goal, you

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<v Speaker 2>will achieve one thing that you have to promise this Ramadan.

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<v Speaker 2>And I made you promise this earlier. I'm repeating the

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<v Speaker 2>same thing. Do you remember what promise you made earlier today?

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<v Speaker 2>What was it? We're going to concentrate on our forgotten,

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<v Speaker 2>on our character subhana llah. We're going to you see

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<v Speaker 2>the others you've just eaten Mascha la manchet handle la

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<v Speaker 2>ma lahas or whatever it was. We've forgotten everything else

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<v Speaker 2>Mascha lattabarakala. We will concentrate on our character. Many of

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<v Speaker 2>us in Ramadan we fail dismally when it comes to character.

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<v Speaker 2>In your home, with your spouse, with your parents, with

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<v Speaker 2>your brothers and sisters, with your children, with whoever nowhere

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<v Speaker 2>else they may be out of the home, those who

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<v Speaker 2>work with you, those you interact with, Muslim or non Muslim,

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<v Speaker 2>whoever they may be. You must improve your character. Ramavan

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<v Speaker 2>is a month of shining, and Ramavan is a month

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<v Speaker 2>of working hard on your bad habits and getting rid

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<v Speaker 2>of them. If you have bad words that you add

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<v Speaker 2>in your speech, eradicate them forever, not just for the

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<v Speaker 2>month of Ramavan. You don't need to use those words.

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<v Speaker 2>You're a believer, you're upright. The respect that you will

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy from people is very closely related to the type

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<v Speaker 2>of language and the expressions on the face that you

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<v Speaker 2>have and you use with the people. If you have

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<v Speaker 2>a good expression and you use brilliant language, they will

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<v Speaker 2>respect you come what may. But if you have a

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<v Speaker 2>bad expression, you're looking gloomy, you're looking like you don't

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<v Speaker 2>even want to talk to the people, You're looking angry

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<v Speaker 2>all the time. Trust me, they won't even want to

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<v Speaker 2>come near you. And if you were to talk to

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<v Speaker 2>them them harshly, they will run away from you. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why we always say, if you want to know if Allah,

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<v Speaker 2>if Allah's mercy is upon you, take a look at

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<v Speaker 2>your character. I'm talking of Muslim Muslims we fail to

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<v Speaker 2>realize sometimes the important of greatness of character. How do

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<v Speaker 2>you make people feel when you walk by? Do you

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<v Speaker 2>acknowledge them? Do you smile? Do you maybe greet them?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you at least give a good feeling you know,

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<v Speaker 2>to the people around you? Subhan allah. Sometimes we don't

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<v Speaker 2>thank you so much for listening to the short message.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray that it has increased you in a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of motivation and hope, and the same applies to

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<v Speaker 2>all of us. Jasako mon lacher as salam alee Komarahma

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<v Speaker 2>Tolao Barrakad