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Juz 26: Don't Run From Struggle | Sh. Mikaeel Smith | Season 7

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Qur'an 30 for 30, a Yaqeen Series — Juz 26: Don't Run From Struggle | Sh. Mikaeel Smith | Season 7. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

We're all going through something tough right now, but maybe you need to reframe that. We will never cease to be amazed by what Allah chooses to do. With Gaza, right? It doesn't look like victory. This doesn't look like victory. This doesn't feel like victory, but there are different shades of victory. Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatu alaykum everyone. Welcome back to Quran 30, alhamdulillah. We are in Jews 26. As we come up to the most special nights of the year as we come into the 27th, we want to remind you all to please inshallah to support the work of Yakhine. Fun fact between the 27th and 29th is when we get the most support for Yakhine throughout the year. So it's very important inshallah to add whatever you can give. I hope you've benefited a bit in the light and I hope that you want to see other people connect to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as well inshallah and want to invest in that work. So we want to remind you to please give that link whatever it is, even if you've already given inshallah. And please also make your out for us.

May Allah Is the Jalla allow us to be amongst those observable ladies of the Qadr, Allah may peace be upon you. We're blessed today to have Sheikh Mika'il Smith and Hamdulillah, Sheikh Mika'il, how's it going? It's good to be here, amazing, amazing how fast the year goes by, but it's good to be here at Hamdulillah. Sheikh Mika'il, I was reflecting, I'm going to tell you, but I have you in my phone still with Baltimore. Oh man, we got to meet Qadr. I'll have to join the DMV on love that one, bro, you know, I'm Dallas through and through now, bro. You're officially adopted, Dallas. Yeah, I mean, we could do that some other night, but DMV, like, go ask Baltimore. I mean, there are good people, I love them. I shall love them. Don't need to have your DMV, you know, like the heavy, we love you, Hamdulillah. But Dallas is just different, man, and Hamdulillah and so on. But the believer is wherever Allah wants us to be, like, we just doing the work, man, like, Sahaba moved, how much did they love Medina? But then when it was time, they had to go, you know, okay, that's a good way to say this. So, you know, that's the way Medina is, you got it, you got it, you got it, you got it.

You say, why do you speak Urdu, man? I was your mother, but the, like, my name is Madrasa, my paraft, so it's the, I mean, it's the guy. You know, I have to say, sir, Urdu is better than Mufti Abdrahman, why he didn't mind that. No, no, no, no way. Why is that? Yes, I'm involved in it. No, the next level. The next level. And anyone who actually knows Urdu very well will know, my sentence was really, like, Fabish. But Fabish. Fabish, you know, Fabish, you know, I mean, is that a bad word? Is that okay to say? Oh, it's okay. Okay. So, we can run that back. So, we can run that back. So, we can run that back. So, we can run that back. So, we can run that back. So, we can run that back. So, we can run that back. I feel tremendously from it, Hamdenaw. I mean, may Allah bless you. What's your favorite name in the last part of the time? Oh! A name that has changed me drastically in the last, like, month is a Shakur. A Shakur. And the reason is because I think a lot of us put so much pressure to do and produce

and to, like, reach high standards that have been set, maybe because of our childhood or whatever. Like, I got to get this done. I got to do that. But the name Shakur does two things. It reminds you that it's the little bit that you do that a lot of loves. It's the little bit that you do that a lot of loves. And then it shifts your mind from focusing on needing it from the people and only wanting it from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Now there's a whole lecture to give on we need to become Mala Mishkerin Nas, La Mishkerin Nas. Like that's there. But for me, man, I felt like so many parts of my life, I was seeking approval and appreciation from the creation. And it's not just he appreciates when the scholars define it, they say he appreciates the little bit. And to me, man, I think so many of us from childhood were told, you know, you got to get good grades, you got to do this. And so the levels of where we got to get to our high and we live with that burden on our shoulders.

And so that name Shakur, for me, has whenever I feel stressed to produce and do. Now don't get me wrong, we have to grind it. But sometimes it's stressful. And that's where I just a Shakur. It was actually a beautiful set of reflections. I know we're going to have a rich discussion. So I actually want to purposely not take too long at all with the overview. But how is Allah, as I was just talking about himself in this Jews in particular? Something really interesting, you know, and you go from one of the sequences. I'm sure I've mentioned this in the past, but I absolutely love it. It's one of their al-Mahad mentioned that you have first al-Ahqaf, which is the warning. And then you have Surat, Muhammad, which is Surat Al-Khital. And then you have Surat. The victory. And so as the scholars mentioned, the call is always followed by the fight. The fight is always followed by victory that even in the way that those surahs are laid out is absolute beauty.

But Allah, as I said, mentions here, that if you turn away, Allah will replace you with another group of people and they will not be like you. Allah, as I said, is free of need, and you are entirely needy. So even though Allah is giving us the opportunity and saying, look, you either take it or leave it, but Allah will replace you with another group of people if you don't take it. And whether it is you or them, Allah, as I said, is al-Ghaniyu, and you are the one who is entirely needy. So it's really interesting here that you have that warning of Istibdad, may Allah not replace us. Istibdad is to be replaced. Allah musta'a minna, wa la testab-dilna, wa la useas, and don't replace us. Allah may ameen. If you don't do your job, Allah, as I said, will find other people to do the job. And Subhanallah, you find in the next Surah,

who are the Anzara Sakinas of the Qulub al-Mutminin, the Yazdadu Iman and Ma'eemani, wa lillahi dunudu samawati wa l-arudu wa kanallahu, al-Alimin Hakima, that he is the one who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believer so that they may increase in faith upon their faith, and to Allah, as I said, belongs to the heavens and the earth, and Allah is all-knowing and all-wise. So Allah, as I said, mentions how he prepares your hearts for the mission, should you go forward. Subhanallah, we're relating to this concept of Ash-Shakur, that if you show that you are up to it, Allah Subhanallah will make you up to it. Allah, as I said, will bring you to the level that you need to be to meet the task. Because otherwise, carrying this amount of the religion is way too heavy. We're all going to fail. But if you're sincere, Allah, Subhanallah, will bring you to the place that you need to be with success. Now, here is the last verse that I'll mention here. Surat al-Fatiha. Ba'atul-Rudwan. The pledge under the tree. This is Ishtib-Dan in action.

How? You know, there are these major markers in the Syirah. There is Ashab-Ipun and Awalun, from Muhajidin, right? Those that first embraced the sound of the Prophet's ayah. Then you have Ashab-Il-Hijra. Those that made the Hijra too, Abbasiniyah. Then you have those that made the Hijra too, Medina. Then you have Ashab-Il-Hijra-Tain. Those that made both Hijras. Then you have the Badriyun, who are the highest calber of the companions. Then you have the Uhud group that stayed with the Prophet's ayah. It's the Thabatumani-Mani-Nabi's ayah. The last major marker is Ba'atul-Rudwan. It's the pledge under the tree. After that, there is no Hijra after the Fatiha. Obviously, everyone has their customized rank and reward. But as a group, those that embraced Islam after Fatiha Makkah are not from you from before Fatiha. They are not the same. Those that came after as a quality of people in terms of overall caliber.

So this is a stabdad in action. Truly, like Allah chose, San Man Fatiha, the Allathtara, I don't come from Persia, to be in your place, O Quraysh, because you failed. Allah chose, O Habib-Rumi. Allah chose, Bidad-Ibn-Rabah. Allah chose, the Ansar of Medina, because you failed him and Makkah. And then Allah brought him, so Allah, and his companions too, the place that he promised to bring them, which was the victory. And Inna-Ladina-Yubay-Iranaka. Inna-Yubay-Iranaka. Yadullahi. Falka-Idihim. That verily those that give you the pledge, verily they are pledging to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. And Yadullahi, the hand of Allah, is above their hands. So they are coming to Allah-Isojad. The victory sometimes is found in the Sakina that Allah gives to the believers in their hearts. And then the one who commands the armies, also commands the hearts, and Allah-Isojad commands the outcomes as well. So this is Sunnah to this to that.

Allah chose another group of people, because the people of Makkah, those that rejected, were not up to the call, were not up to the challenge. And Allah did not need any of them throughout this entire process, but Allah wanted to choose some of them in this process. As in our time, of course, He's chosen the people who has, He's chosen some of those people that have stood up when other people have turned on their heels, may Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala protect us from being amongst those. Allah, I mean. So I want to open that up, first and foremost, to discussion, Sheikh Abdullah, Sheikh Mika'il, any observations and shall live, and we'll get into the specific area for discussion. No, I mean, SubhanAllah. Again, you know, when looking at how Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala chooses people, you can never domesticate the power of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, never domesticate. Sometimes we may think that the capabilities of Allah is within our minds. Therefore, we have expectations of Allah. Even though sometimes, you know, it's a personal run, it's good thoughts about Allah.

But we will never cease to be amazed by what Allah chooses to do. And I think that's a beautiful opportunity for the believers to realize, I don't have it all figured out. And I will never have it all figured out. But the fact that I'm making effort to trust and the one that does have it all figured out is the process that we're about, and that's servitude and it of itself. And you know, SubhanAllah, I love being surprised and saying SubhanAllah, and saying MashaAllah, it always reminds me that Allah is in full control of all of this, and Allah is the one that tells us consistently that He will replace the people. So again, history is a huge opportunity for the individual in general to remember God, but for the Muslim in particular to increase their iman with the names and attributes that they know of God. So when you see what is happening throughout history, and we see what is happening to the people of Gaza and the Sudan and the nations before, it's always a reminder for us. It's a huge opportunity for us. It can be a fitna for us at times, but the fitna is there to mold you. As fitna is something that you put iron in underheats and then after it's cooled down,

however you've been molded, mentally, psychologically, spiritually. So when we see what is happening to peoples and nations, know that it's within the Qadr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. That knowledge may be deep to, maybe hard to grasp at times, but the heath, quote unquote, being that it's hard, that it's a struggle. Does that cause any motion, elicit any motion to make you more vulnerable to him, to where you call on him and further understand the relationship between you and Allah, number one, and then understand the Sunnah to lawful cone, and to understand Allah's methodology and the existence, and time, and in place, and with people, and what happens, and how it happens, and you know, things that we don't want to happen, obviously. What do we learn from that? And the time that you can really learn from that is when you are alone with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So thinking about, you know, how Allah replaces people with people who have you mentioned, send man in fantasy, so that, you know, these companions, that we're not particularly out of, but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala chose them to be vanguards.

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala chose them to be the one that came with the Adhan, and originally the Adhan, that we all call on now, subhanahu wa ta'ala. It's a beautiful way in Sunnah to law, it's the way that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has chosen for us, but it's important for us to always reflect on that, and to think of how Allah's name is manifested in that particular situation, in that person, in that era, in that time. Beautiful, beautiful. You know, you said Sunnah to Allah, right? And the first thing that came to my mind, in this juz, is, as Sheikh was mentioning, the verse is about, the Qadradi Allah anil mut minin iid yubayyuna qatah shajorah. Like, this moment was crazy because, like, in life, we have our expectations, but the believer has to be like that blade of grass, that blows with the wind. It just goes with the wind. When the wind blows, it bends. There's a hadith about that. But the idea here is they set out, and they thought, we're going for this. This is where we're going. This is it.

But they were ready to pivot when the time came to pivot. And to me, that's so profound. And in that moment, with no weapons, with flip flops on, and they're ahram on, the Prophet Sayyid Selam, he says, it's time. They killed Othman. They martyred the most innocent and gentle of people. It's time, y'all. And in that moment, they didn't blink. Like, they didn't blink, man. Like, and they said, let's go. And immediately Allah fa'anzala sakheena. Immediately Allah says, Allah says, didn't the sakheena came down. And so for me, there's these moments, these quintessential moments in history, where you prove in your life, where you prove and can gain that radhiyah. And so that's the first thing that comes in my mind, is that moment of Baya Turaid I, and how they proved themselves in that moment. And they had nothing in their hands to fight with.

But their heart had firm conviction in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. The second thing that I wanted to reflect on was what you shared, sheikh, which was, w'intatawallahu yasdabadil kaumun, raira kaum, thumalaya kaum, wa amsaala kaum. That Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants us to see this deen and the struggles of the deen as an opportunity. Like, the verbiage is like, getting where you're fed in or you'll miss the opportunity, right? You need to see this not as something to run from, but something as a great opportunity for you. And I want our listeners to think, in life right now, we're all going through something tough right now. But maybe you need to reframe that. Maybe you need to reframe that, and see that this is that moment where you can gain God's pleasure, w'intatawallahu. Now, if you don't take this opportunity, Allah says, yasdabadil kaumun, raira kaum. There's somebody else in line

that will take this opportunity, what waiting. And he just wants you like subhanahu love with our kids sometimes. You probably did this. Sometimes your kid will be acting up like they don't want something. And then you offer it to the other kid. You offer it to the other kid. And they'll be like, yeah, yeah, I want it. And it wasn't until you saw other people's desire for it that you wanted it. That's our human nature sometimes. And so Allah is tapping into us like, oh, you don't want this Dean? Oh, there's some other people. And hopefully the child, then this will go, y'all, Allah, I want it. Give it to me. And then the end part to me is, well, Allahur rani, because once you get the motivation to do the work of the Dean, shaytan will come in and start making you feel like you're doing some. Like this Dean needs me. This Dean needs Wednesday night holoca. Man, you don't need Wednesday night holoca. This Dean needs your, the next book you write. This Dean needs the, the nonprofit that you started. No. Well, Allahur rani,

wa antumul fukrah. When Moses helped the, the, the, the, the, the daughters of Shuaib, at the well, when he helped them, first of all, that he went back and sat down. And he said, y'all, Allah, I'm in need of every good. So it's just a mentality that after we work and do the work of Dean, you have to, you have to say, y'all, Allah, you don't need this, but I need every opportunity to do, and do good. No. Well, Allah, man, this is just, this beautiful Quran, just, you know, I'll tell you what, it's not lost on me. The irony is that, we'll tell you what, it's to be done. And there are people that are watching this all over the world. And some of them, maybe you've been struggling with their Dean. And both of you embraced Islam. Masha'Allah. So your parents came from Ghana. You embraced Islam. You're in Houston. You embraced Islam. What Hamdulillah, I mean, so, both of you coming from that, and then went to study the Dean, and Hamdulillah, I mean, to become a torturer. So, you'll accept it from me. You'll accept it from me. I mean, Sheikh, honestly, bro, but like,

I worry about my estip dal, man. Of course. Of course. Like, I was like, I honestly, man, like, I worry about my estip dal. And I, and I know it was nothing I did to deserve this. Nothing. Not there's, I look at where I was in my life at the time. I was 18, just 20-something years ago. And I was lost in darkness. But Allah is Kareem. And Kareem is the one who gives to those who don't deserve. And some of our listeners right now, they're listening, and they're like, but I don't deserve. I don't deserve. I was talking to someone last night. And they're like, and they said, all of my aunt, do us are being answered, but I don't deserve it. I was like, none of us deserve this. I said, sister, get in line, none of us deserve any of this. Hatta ar Rasul. They address us, I said, no one will enter jannah by Amal. The sahaba were sharp. They said, well, I don't want to be a Prophet.

Because it was, was it anybody's Amal? Or is it just, you know what I mean, right? So he said, they said, well, I don't want to be a Prophet. He said, I can't even enter. Except who? Sayyid Rasul. Sayyid Rasul. Sayyid Rasul. He said, except if Allah doesn't just shower his mercy. So if we have people on the 26th, 9th of Ramadan, saying, I can't make duash egg. I don't deserve, I don't, don't, none of us deserve it. Stop looking at yourself and look at him. La ilaha illa Allah. Right? I don't know. Off one. You don't have to, you don't have to apologize. Look at him. Beautiful reflections. So coming back to a very particular part of the soul. Now, you mentioned the Sahaba were ready to go. So you have, you know, you'll, you'll read in the biographies, you want to do the first, you know, a Sahaba-bedded,

or a Sahaba-bedded, or a Canon, a Sahaba-shedjara. This was one of the people of the tree, or one of the people of the people of the bedded, these are very special people right there, willing to go, always, when the Prophet said, once they were told not to go, it's like, oh wait, like this doesn't feel like victory. This doesn't feel like fatah. And so they had to see the Prophet's life and the shayfah had, and sacrifice at the advice of them, satanah, and then finally, they begrudgingly, right, they do it, because like, man, we got into a zone, and so now we can't go, you know, now we have to turn back, right, and this doesn't feel like fatah. This doesn't feel like victory. The victory comes in different ways. He is the one who has sent his messenger, with the right guidance and the religion of truth to prevail over all else, and sufficient is Allah as a witness. What I think about is, you know, when ahood happens, and Hamza, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah,

Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, The father of Jabba-Rat- Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, He reigns This doesn't feel like a victory, but there are different shades of victory. And the way Allah

it'll be here in two days. I'll think of it inshallah shortly. But the end here is different. So in sorts of soft, it's even if they don't like it. Okay. Here, it's and Allah was witnessing it the whole time. So Sheikh Mikhail, what is the Hikmah, the wisdom here, of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala being the witness to it all? And what true victory actually is in this context. The name of Allah, Shahid, like used in this context. Yeah, waka'a. I think the kafa is an important part. The word kafa means sufficient enough. And I think the way the verse is structured. By the way before you finish, you'd be doing liyot fi'unur alaybya wa l-alhamdulillah. I got to get it. We have that type of relationship. We can cut each other out. It's all good. I'm going to back up, actually. The verse right before this, wa fathan qariba,

it's the promise that the fat is coming. It's coming, but I can't see it. I can't see it. So there's that yakin. Don't forget to donate, insha'Allah. There's that yakin that's needed, that yakin that's certainty. But right after this fathan qariba, this prophecy of a fat that will be soon followed and sure enough, it came quick. Right after that, in the very next verse, is what Sheikh Umar is referring to. Wholele the arsara, he is the one. It begins with huwa. Yani Allah, Allah. So right when the fathan qariba comes, it's the place you need yakin. Who do you need yakinin? Huwa. Yani huwa, Allah. Who's in charge? Huwale the arsara Rasoolahu. Who did all this? Who set all this up? Going back to 19 years, right? We're at Bayatul-Redwan. Go back. 19 year, who set all this up? Huwale the arsara Rasoolahu. Bilhuda.

Wadine el-Hak. Why did he send it back in Mecca? 18 years ago, 17 years ago, right? Because we're at Bayatul-Redwan. I think what it's trying to remind us is where did this begin? Who's been in charge from day one? And never forget who's in charge. Never forget who's running the show. That's the first part. Huwale the arsara Rasoolahu, Bilhuda. A lot of us struggling with our children. Man, who gave you, who set up that marriage? How did your wife conceive? Like all of this was part of God's plan. Don't look at this moment as a break in the chain of events. No, this is part of God's plan. Huwale the arsara Rasoolahu, Bilhuda. He's the one that sent the prophet, the prophet. His prophet, Bilhuda with this guidance. Wadine el-Hak. And he sent him with this deen of truth, this way of life that would distinguish between falsehood

and truth. Why, though, the lamb here is like the reason why, the Allah, the only reason he brought this, Liyudhirahu ala deenikulli, so that this deen could rise above all of the other ways of life. The people of Philistine have shown how to rise above everything. And the world has seen it. The world has seen it. Clear as day. Liyudhirahu. Yani abharashay is to make it apparent. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying, we're going to go through hardships, but you have to understand that those hardships are to make it apparent. What is the right way? What is the top way? But look how it ends. When we're struggling, whenever our children are struggling, it's important that they see or know that we're watching them. They just want to know that you see what I'm going through.

When our wives are struggling at home, whatever, or at work, whenever, when a spouse is struggling, what they want most is to know that that struggle is seen. I mean, when the family of Adiyasa is on the sand, the prophet doesn't just walk by. He stops by. Sabarana Adiyasa. Like, I see you. I think this name, Shaheed, of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is to let us be reminded that he is ever present over the oppression that is happening. He is ever watching every single element. Ibn Khaymal Jossi, he says, a Shaheed, Yani, Yash Maloo, Kulumab Surat. Like, everything that is visible, everything that is heard, and everything that can be witnessed Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying, I'm aware of that. Why do I need to know the dish my question? In your life, why do you need to know Allah is as Shaheed?

That's the question I have for you. The reason you need to know that is because you will for sure go through hard moments that it will be unbearable, but the only thing that will get you through it is knowing that Allah is watching. But here's the thing. Sheikh, this is, I've been thinking about this man. A lot of us, we've been told Allah is watching, but we always were told Allah is watching in a way that made us scared. Think about it, Allah is watching. Allah is watching. Ibn Hezim, in his talk with Hamama, don't read the book ever, but in his book, talk with Hamama. You know what he says? One of the signs of love is you can't take your eyes off of the beloved. Allah is not watching us because He wants to catch our mistakes. Allah is watching us the way of beloved, watches their beloved sleep. Think about when Abdullah was a little baby, how you used to watch him sleep? Maybe no. Your love, Allah isn't watching to catch a slip. Allah is watching because He loves us. What kafabi, and he's saying, I'm enough. He's basically saying like, who cares, who doesn't know?

Imagine a child, a young man under rubble, who feels that nobody sees me right now. Imagine a wife being abused by her husband, who's thinking nobody sees me right now. Imagine a husband who's going through domestic abuse, thinking, who can I talk to nobody sees? The only thing that will get you through that moment is knowing a kafabi, laishahida. They don't know a Facebook post is gonna go out and I'm a gold viral. Not everyone had the privilege of going viral when they were murdered. They just die. And Allah says, who cares if the world didn't see you? I see you. What kafabi? So here's my question for me, Nikaio. Have I made enough? Have I made Allah enough?

That's for me. Have I made Allah enough? He's saying I'm enough for you, but I gotta accept that. And I think a lot of us run through this dunya and when we get to 60, 70, then we realize. But right now, I'm thinking in my heart and Allah is telling me, Nikaio, I'm enough. You ain't gotta prove nothing to nobody, have you? I'm enough as your witness. And so the Sahaba in this moment, they felt oppressed. They had just watched Abu Jundal drag the way. Like context is crazy here. For those who don't know it, when we sign the Treaty of Hudaibiyah, there were Muslims in bondage that were being dragged, dragged back into bondage in front of us. They were screaming at the top of their lungs. Are you gonna let them drag us? We were watching them. Sahih, Sahih, and in that moment, Omar. Omar has a moment there.

He goes up to Abu Jundal and one of the, he goes, don't worry, their blood is light in the sight of God. He's trying to tell him like, the handle of business if you need to. But in that moment, I think Allah wanted, I know Allah wanted us to know you're gonna have these hard moments. And the only way you get through them is number one, who will let the, know who set this all up. Number two, Waqfabillahi Shahidah. And what's the reason, Liyul Hira, who? Allah, Allah. Shukr Abdullah, I'm gonna have you close this law for the thought and trial and trial on this. I mean, Subhanallah. I mean, just mentioning how he contextualized it and then, always knowing that Allah SWT is watching. I mean, that's very, very important. He's well aware. I mean, Shahada, and this is why Subhanallah, and the individual that dies in the path of Allah, dies in an honorable way. He dies defending themselves, defending the community, defending the word of Allah Subhan Allah, Allah is well aware of that. And some scholars say that the Shahada, and then Malayikatah, the Qadalikani,

that the angel's witness, and the angel's report that to Allah, and Allah's Al Al-Alimat at the same time. But Allah chooses his process of how he wants that name to be actualized. What's most important for us is, we as Muslims have certainty that Allah is well aware and we are watching and that is what can be, sometimes the only thing that will get you through. As you mentioned, how many people, still currently, currently, right now, are under rubble, you know, right now. And there are people that are not being heard, you know, and knowing that Allah is a Shaheed, that process, that emotional vulnerability, is what is needed to find Sahqin and tranquility, and knowing that name exists in that it is jadi, and that it is always there. JazakAllah. JazakAllah, Ahmed al-Mu'la, JazakAllah. And accept the sound of the sainiq, the Qadar, if it is there, the Qadar, the name, the Hameen, BarakAllah, fiqm, Al-Salam alaikum, al-Rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. You

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