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Ramadan Day 12

“Surely We have made/created it an Arabic Quran that you may understand.” (Qur’an 43:3)

“Have the unbelievers not ever considered that the heavens and the earth were one piece and that We tore them apart from one another. From water, We have made/created all living things. Will they then have no faith?.” (Qur’an 21:30)

“And it is He who has made/created man from water” (Qur’an 25:54)

“It is He who made/created you from one soul and made/created from it its mate that he might dwell in security with her.” (Qur’an 7:189)

“Oh, mankind! fear your Lord who made/created you from a single person and created, out of him, his wife.” (Qur’an 4:1)

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Ramadan Day 12: Including Your Children in Ramadan.

*Heart health: Accompanying The Blessed Prophet (saw) in his deeds and sayings*

“Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah you have an excellent example for whoever has hope in Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah often.” (Qur’an 33:21)

Whoever wants purification of the heart and soul, let him take the Blessed Prophet Muhammed (saw)as an example:
How he was in is worship: prays the night until his feet swells.
How he was in asceticism: three days go by and his stomach never filled even with bread.
How he was in humbleness: used to sit like any other person, on the ground, eats with the servant, and finishes when the everyone finishes.
How he was in his generosity: more generous than wind.

So every Muslim should follow him in all his daily affairs.

*Paradise and Hell*

There is not in the Qur’an a single verse that says that believers will enter the hellfire. Not one.

There is not in the Qur’an a single verse that says those who enter paradise will exist it.

There is not in the Qur’an a single verse that says those who enter hellfire will exist it.


“Whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger will be admitted into Gardens under which rivers flow, to stay there forever. That is the ultimate triumph!,  But whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger and exceeds their limits will be cast into Hell, to stay there forever. And they will suffer a humiliating punishment.” (Qur’an 4:13-14)

So whoever obeys Allah and dies upon straightness will enter the paradise forever, and whoever disobeys him and dies without repentance will enter hell forever.

Allah says:

“Those who do good will have the finest reward and ˹even˺ more. Neither gloom nor disgrace will cover their faces. It is they who will be the residents of Paradise. They will be there forever.   As for those who commit evil, the reward of an evil deed is its equivalent. Humiliation will cover them—with no one to protect them from Allah—as if their faces were covered with patches of the night’s deep darkness. It is they who will be the residents of the Fire. They will be there forever.(Qur’an 10:26-27)

He also says:

“Indeed, the virtuous will be in bliss, and the wicked will be in Hell, burning in it on Judgment Day، and they will have no escape from it.” (Qur’an 82:13-16)

As well as many other clear verses. May Allah make us with the virtuous, the repentant, the recalcitrant and save as from hellfire.

To read more on this:

*Waking up just before sunrise*
As we know the time of Fajr ends after the sun’s first ray appears, after that there is a period where it’s prohibited to pray until the sun is fully risen.

What If someday someone wakes up 5 minutes before sunrise for example?
If this person was able to perform Wudu’ and pray at least one Rak’a then this is the best scenario, although he has to finish the first Rak’a for this to count, but in this case he will pray the Fardh (obligatory) 2 Rak’as first so that he prays Fajr on time, and after sunrise he can perform the 2 Rak’as of Sunnah Qadha (make up what he missed), and if he doesn’t find the time, then he should make up both Sunnah and Fardh after sunrise as usual.

If this person saw that he has time to pray Sunnah and Fardh, then he should pray as usual Sunnah + Fardh.

I hope this is clear and Allah knows best

Oh Allah (swt) continue to bless the men and women who stand, attentive listening to the revelation you have sent to mankind!

May Allah (swt) Guide the Ummah!

May Allah (swt) Forgive the Ummah!

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Ramadan Day 11

“A Book We have sent down to you so that you may bring forth mankind from the darkness into the light.” (Qur’an 14:1)

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Ramadan Day 11: Parents are Responsible for Teaching Their Children.

A gentle reminder to those of you going shopping in Ramadan or night bazaars for food.

If you have children that you bring with them I want you to give your children some notes (some money)

When you see people who are in need and they are obviously destitute encourage your children to give them the money.

This insh’Allah can teach the children several important points.

1) Not to be selfish.
2) To think of others.
3) To earn the reward of giving in Ramadan.
4) That they are part of a human family in which the poor and the destitute have rights over those whom Allah’ has favoured with more wealth
or abundance.

*Heart health contentment and love with Allah*
Factors that contribute to the servant’s love to his lord:
Knowing Allah: and this can be achieved by contemplating his creation.
Benevolence: humans by nature love those who are good to them, so knowing the blessings of Allah upon us, will increase our love for him.

True love of Allah will appear after:
Cutting attachment to the world and the love of other than Allah
Avoiding sins
Constantly and zealous remembrance of Allah
Finding joy and pleasure being in seclusion to pray to Allah and recite his book
Enjoying worship and not making it a burden
Sitting with people who love Allah and picking the fruits of their speech.

*Sirat and reckoning* (The so called bridge over hellfire)
Sirat (path) is not a bridge on top of hell as many claimed, Allah informs us to pray:

“Guide us to the straight path.” (Qur’an 1:6)

This path is the religion of Allah, and whatever is mentioned in some narrations that Sirat is a thin bridge and people contrast in crossing it is all a metaphor about the religion

See the Hadith (Ibn Mas’ud reported God’s messenger as saying, “God has propounded as a parable a straight path on the sides of which are walls with open doors over which curtains are hanging down. At the top of the path there is one who calls, ‘Go straight on the path and do not follow an irregular course.’ Above that one is another who calls out as often as anyone tries to open any of those doors, ‘Woe to you! do not open it, for if you open it you will go through it.’” He then interpreted it telling that the path is Islam, the open doors are the things God has forbidden, the curtains hanging down are the limits God has set, the crier at the top of the path is the Qur’an, and the one above him is God’s monitor in every believer’s heart.)

Sources: (https://sunnah.com/mishkat:191) & (https://www.abuaminaelias.com/dailyhadithonline/2022/07/20/parable-sirat-al-mustaqeem/)

Ibn Katheer mentioned some chains of narrations and said: the chain is good and authentic, also with Tirmithi, Ahmed, Al Hakem, Nisa’i, Ibn Jareer, Ibn Al Munthir, Abi Shaykh, Ibn Mardaweih, and Baihaqi in “Shu’ab Al Iman”

I mentioned the authenticity just because Albani says there is no basis to the Hadith which is wrong, and the information is from commentary to (The poem ‘Ghayat Al Murad’ by Imam Noor Ad-Deen Assalemi May Allah have mercy on him by Shaykh Ahmed Al Khalili (h)

We also believe that reckoning is not counting like the counting of humans, but counting is Showing the deeds good and evil to people in the day of judgment.

To read more on this please see:

*Wet dreams when fasting*
Firstly we should make it clear that consciously masturbating breaks the fast and obligates a heavy atonement which is to fast two months.

But in the case if someone woke up to wet dreams, then they would have to hasten to perform Ghusl and nothing is on him. Meaning the person does not make up any days of fasting. The pen is lifted from one while in the state of dreaming.

Heart Soothing Tarwih prayer in Ramadan.

May Allah (swt) Guide the Ummah.

May Allah (swt) Forgive the Ummah!

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Ramadan Day 10

“Do they not reflect upon the Quran, or are there locks on their hearts.” (Qu’ran 47:24)

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Ramadan Day 10: Tips for Parents on Getting Children to Fast.

Dear brothers and sisters this is the 10th day of Ramadan. This means 1/3 of Ramadan will be behind us. Let us all make haste in doing what we can to make the most out of this Ramadan.

Know this dear brothers and sisters. If Allah (swt) is inspiring you to ask for something this means he wants to give you something!

Repeat this du’a again and again in this month! Allahumma inaka afuwon kareemun tuhibu alafwa faafu anaa (Oh Allah you are The Forgiver, the Generous and you Love Forgiving So Forgive Us.)

Dear brothers and sisters this is the month where we ask Allah (swt) to save us from the hellfire and all that is needed, let me repeat this ALL THAT IS NEEDED is for you to make this du’a this request ONCE and for Allah (swt) to ACCEPT IT and insh’Allah you have obtained the goal! Subhan’Allah!

*Heart Health Trusting Allah*
“So in Allah let the believers put their trust.” (Qur’an 9:51)


Trusting Allah should be in the core of a believers daily affairs. However, we should know the difference between Tawakkul توكل and Tawakul تواكل.

Tawakkul is trust in Allah, and it should be done always, for example: when someone is sick, he should do All he can to get back his health, by taking medicine, visiting doctor or avoiding pathogens, but on top of this, one must have his full trust on Allah

Tawakul is reliance on Allah without taking reason, and this is a wrong behaviour, for example: when someone is sick and says I won’t go to the doctor, I trust on Allah, this kind of thinking will literally kill him.

However, Tawakkul is a powerful idea, knowing that everything you do is nothing without Allah’s help and will

*The Weights*
“The weighing on that Day is truth. As for those whose scale will be heavy ˹with good deeds˺, ˹only˺ they will be successful.” (Qur’an 7:8)

In the day of judgment people’s deeds will be weighted, and Muslims have differed on this interpretation:

There will be a physical scale on which people’s deeds will be weighted, this is the opinion of Ash’aries and who agrees with them

Scale is just a metaphor meaning that deeds will be sorted to good and bad, as Allah doesn’t require a physical scale to know the deeds, and from the Qur’an we see that Allah describes the weights with Truth and Justice, both of them are not used to describe physical objects, and this is the opinion of our scholars and of Mu’tazilah

For more on this subject please read:

*Local customs are an authority and judge*
The fifth of the five comprehensive rules, its explanation is that established norms by members of society is a valid reference in people’s transactions, as long as they don’t contradict the legal rulings

For example: conducting a transaction without any party verbally offering their services in the way of “give and take”.

Proof: “And due to the wives is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonable.” (Qur’an 2:228)

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Ramadan Day 9

“O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous.” (Qur’an 2:183)

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Ramadan Day 9: Guidance on teaching children how to fast.

*Heart health Praying to Allah*
“When My servants ask you ˹O Prophet˺ about Me: I am truly near. I respond to one’s prayer when they call upon Me. So let them respond ˹with obedience˺ to Me and believe in Me, perhaps they will be guided ˹to the Right Way˺” (Qur’an 2:186)

Praying is to supplicate and take refuge to Allah, and praying has some manners, such as:
To mention the names of Allah in the prayer
Praying for The Blessed Prophet peace be upon him
Avoiding prohibited food and drink
To insist on the prayer and repeat it
To not despair if it seems the prayer is not answered
To pray with sincerity and a present heart
To pray for every demand, big or small for Allah owns the treasures of the seen and unseen.
To avoid sins and bad deeds
To lower the voice when praying
To respect the time of Du’as answer, which is encouraged for us to pray in:
    After obligated prayer
    At the depth of night
    The day of Arafah
    Friday
    Between call to prayer and
      starting
    When breaking the fast
    When it rains
    After reciting the entire
      Qur’an
    When prostrating (in
      Nafilah not obligation)

As is said: The most powerless person is the one who doesn’t make Du’a. For what weapon will you have against your lower self and the vile forces of chaos?

*Death, resurrection and reckoning*
The arguments of proof came speaking of death, resurrection and reckoning.

Death is the truth that nobody disagrees upon, and it’s the separation of the soul from the body, to port from this life to the hereafter, from mortality to eternity, and from work to reward.

After death comes resurrection which is for the soul to return back to the body.

after that comes reckoning, where every human being is accountable for all his action, small or big. “You will then be presented ˹before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden.” (Qur’an 69:18)

We ask Allah safety when there is no way out except for his mercy.

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*difficulty brings ease*
The fourth of the five comprehensive rules of Shari’a, its explanation is when there is difficulty in some ruling, there would be clearance by law, there are many examples that illustrate this rule:

Breaking the fast in Ramadan in the state of illness or traveling
Tayammum when there is no water for Wudu’
Eating prohibited food in the state of necessity
Shortening prayer when traveling

Proofs:
“Allah intends ease for you, not hardship.” (Qur’an 2:185)
“For ˹it is˺ He ˹Who˺ has chosen you, and laid upon you no hardship in the religion.” (Qur’an 22:78)
“And it is Allah’s Will to lighten your burdens, for humankind was created weak.” (Qur’an 4:28)

and many other verses.

Beautiful recitation and reminder!

May Allah (swt) Guide the Ummah.

May Allah (swt) Forgive the Ummah!

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Ramadan Day 8

“We send down the Quran as a healing and mercy for the believers, but it only increases the wrongdoers in loss.” (Qur’an 17:82)

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Ramadan Day 8: The Social Benefit where people are more charitable in assisting those in need.

*Heart health Remembering Allah*
“O believers! Always remember Allah often.” (Qur’an 33:41)

It’s the worship that’s not bound by time or conditions, and from the forms of remembrance:
Reciting the Qur’an
Prayers
Seeking knowledge
Mentioning Allah (mentioning Allah in the morning أذكار الصباح, mentioning Allah at the evening أذكار المساء, mentioning Allah after every prayer, mentioning Allah before sleeping…etc)

Allah’s remembrance has many benefits, some of them are:
Alienating the devil and the forces of darkness.
Removes worries and sadness
Strengthening the heart
Planting the love of Allah in the heart
Erases sins
A reason for the descendance of mercy
Keeps the tongue busy from backbiting and gossip
Take the heart away from toughness and hypocrisy.

*Muhammed is the messenger of Allah*
“Muhammed is not the father of any of your men, but is the Messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets. And Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all things.” (Qur’an 33:40)

We should believe that Muhammed (saw) is the final Messenger of Allah (swt). And that he is the best of all prophets. We can believe all the prophets as a whole, but we should still believe in Muhammed (saw)by name, as this is a fundamental in the religion of Islam.

May Allahs peace and blessings be upon him.

*The Harm is Removed*
The third of the five comprehensive rules. Its explanation is that every harm or damage is eliminated or prevented in Islam.

Islam came to protect the five necessities, which are religion, life, mind, wealth and lineage, for example.

Jihad protects religion
Prohibition of unlawful killing and suicide protects life
Prohibition of Alcohol protects the mind
Prohibition of stealing protects wealth
Prohibition of fornicating protects lineage

and so are the other things that cause harm.

Proof: The hadith: (There is no harm or return of harm), and many verses from the Qur’an like:

“No mother should be harmed through her child.” (Qur’an 2:233)

Sources: ( Musnad Al Rabi’i 692- ‘Abū Ubayda narrated from Jābir ‘Ibn Zayd that the Prophet, ﷺ, said: “Let him who believes in Allah and the last day, speak only good or keep quiet and do no harm to his neighbor”)

It was narrated from ‘Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah (saw) ruled:

“There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”

Source: (https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:2340) -chain of transmission is weak but the matn is sound based upon the general principles of Islam.

Beautiful call to prayer…

May Allah (swt) Guide the Ummah.

May Allah (swt) Forgive the Ummah

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Ramadan Day 7

“The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months.” (Qur’an 97:3)

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Ramadan Day 7: The Mental Benefits of Fasting.

7th Day of Ramadan*
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*Heart Health Struggle & Punishment of Nafs*
“As for those who struggle in Our cause, We will surely guide them along Our Way.” (Qur’an 29:69)

Nafs is the self, the soul, the inner psyche, and the struggle of Nafs (Jihad An-nafs) is to force the Nafs to do the obligations, the Sunnan, and the Nafilahs, especially when the Nafs is in a lazy/fatigued state. When The Blessed Prophet (saw) used to pray the night until his feet swells, Aisha (ra) told him: (take it easy, Allah pardoned you from All your sins), so he replies: (should I not be a thankful servant!)

After Struggle of the Nafs comes punishing the Nafs. Thus, if a Muslim struggled his Nafs but then felt his shortcomings and laziness he increases his worship to tame the Nafs. , Here is Umar Bin Al Khattab (ra), entered a garden of his and when he returned he found that the people have finished Asr prayer, so he donated his garden for the sake Allah.

Practically people can apply this, whenever someone feels shortcomings by missing prayer in Jama’a for example, he can donate some money, fast some days, or increase the number of Nafilah prayers, so that he can tame his Nafs. To make his nafs tamed for the worship of Allah The Exalted.

*Allah is not encompassed by vision*
“No vision can encompass Him, but He encompasses all vision. For He is the Most Subtle, All-Aware.” (Qur’an 6:103)

Allah is sanctified from being seen in this life or the hereafter, because there is nothing like him. His existence is not like any other beings existence. He is not in a physical place, and he can’t be described with color or visibility. Visibility cannot exist without a position, dense body described with a color, and Luminant or hit by a ray emitted by another object.

In fact, one of the reasons people cannot see Allah (swt) in this life or the next is due to his being absolutely one. Anything the mind tries to establish as one will be a multiple, or a compound unity. The human mind cannot picture absolute oneness, to do so would be to see Allah. Absolute oneness is a concept the mind can grasp but cannot envision.

Think of the concept of emptiness or nothingness. If you were asked to recline on a couch fold your hands on your chest, relax and take a deep breath in and out until you reach a calm state. Now you are told to picture or envision absolute nothingness. You are unable to do so. You will either picture or envision an all white space or an all black space. You can grasp the concept but your mind will always posit something.

Likewise you can grasp the concept of absolute oneness but given that we live in a reality where everything other than Allah (swt) is composite in some way so too our mind will picture or envision something composite, or multiple.

For more information about this topic return to the book: “The overwhelming truth”

*Things are judged by their purposes*
The second of the five comprehensive rules.
It’s explanation: legal considerations of actions are bound to their intentions not to their apparent wording. For example, if someone who is used to uttering the intention of a prayer prays Asr but accidentally utters that his intention is to pray Maghrib, then the consideration will be based on his real intention not on his wording.

The proof is what has been narrated by both Ibn ‘Abbas and ‘Umar b. al-Khattab that the Prophet (saw) said: ‘[The value of] an action depends on the intention behind it’

Source: (https://sunnah.com/muslim:1907a)

Let us welcome our new brother in Islam. Brother Talib from Italy. May Allah (swt) always illuminate your heart and keep you firm upon faith!

Good to see the Imams speaking Urdu and Bangla to reach out to others in the community!

May Allah (swt) Guide the Ummah.

May Allah (swt) Forgive the Ummah

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Ramadan Day 6

“And what will make you realize what the Night of Glory is?” (Qur’an 97:2)

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The Physical Benefits of Fasting.

*Heart Health & Self accountability*

“O believers! Be mindful of Allah and let every soul look to what ˹deeds˺ it has sent forth for tomorrow.” (Qur’an 59:18)

Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: “Hold yourself accountable before you are held accountable, and weight your deeds before they are weighted, and be ready for the great show.”

Holding yourself accountable can be:
– Before the action: ask yourself, is doing this action better than leaving it? If it was do it, if it’s the opposite then don’t do it, and if it was the former ask yourself again, am I doing this for the sake of Allah, or for the sake of this life?

After the action: you should hold yourself accountable over the obligations, is there any deficiency?, then over the prohibitions, if there were any, hasten toward a repentance, then over negligence, remedy it with mentioning Allah more, and hold yourself accountable for what your tongue says, what your ears hear and what your eyes see.

*Ascending over the throne*
“The Most Compassionate, ˹Who is˺ established on the Throne.” (Qur’an 20:5)

The throne of Allah is of the greatest creations of Allah, so when Allah described his authority, he said: (then he ascended over the throne)

But is Allah physically on top of the throne? The answer is no, as we said previously that Allah cannot be described using place, as that would mean Allah is a physical body which is impossible.

Then why did Allah use this phrasing to describe his authority?
The meaning of the word “Istiwa'” استواء is authority and ability, just like we can say for example: “The Imam ascended over the throne of Oman”, are we saying that he physically sat on the throne? or are we saying that he ruled and controlled Oman?

We use the throne to signify authority because if you control the throne you control the country, and (whereas to Allah belong the finest attributes), and because the throne of Allah is the greatest creation, if Allah owns the throne he definitely owns the rest of creation.

*Certainty is not removed by doubt*
The first of the five comprehensive rules.
It’s explanation: if someone is in some state, he doesn’t go from it to another by mere doubt and illusion. For example, if someone is sure he performed Wudu’, then he would be in a state of purity unless he is certain that he invalidated his Wudu’ by some reason like bleeding..etc

The proof is what is narrated on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas, that the Prophet (saw) said: ‘If one has doubts in his prayer, he should not refrain from it until he hears a sound or detects an odour”

Source: (https://sunnah.com/bukhari:137)

May Allah (swt) grant all of you calm and tranquility in this blessed of month! May you hit the target and may Allah (swt) draw you all closer to Him!

May Allah (swt) Guide the Ummah.

May Allah (swt) Forgive the Ummah

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Ramadan Day 4.

“Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night. Indeed, We were to warn [mankind].” (Qur’an 44:3)

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The social benefits of Ramadan.

*Heart Health Repentance*
“O believers! Turn to Allah in sincere repentance, so your Lord may absolve you of your sins and admit you into Gardens.” (Qur’an 66:8)

Repentance is turning back to Allah and it’s necessary to enter paradise.

But repentance will not be accepted if it doesn’t meet these conditions:
1- Deep regret for committing the sin
2- Determination to never return to the sin
3- Stopping the sin
4- Istighfar (asking for forgiveness with the tongue)
5- Returning the rights to the people, if the sin includes people’s rights

*Allah is not a body*
“There is nothing like Him, for He ˹alone˺ is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing” (Qur’an 42:11)

Allah exalted is sanctified from any parts, like a hand, a face, a leg, an eye…etc, or anything that can make Allah sound similar to his creation, because bodies are for creatures, in addition, if we attribute a body to Allah that will necessarily mean that Allah is limited by six directions, and all of this is impossible in the case of Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala

*Traveling prayer*
When traveling, prayers are a little bit different, here are some rulings regarding the prayer When traveling:
– The traveling distance: 12 Km
– There is no time limit for these rulings as long as you are not in your home
– When traveling you pray the 4 Rak’a prayers (Duhr, Asr and Isha’) in 2 Rak’as, and this is *mandatory*.
– When traveling you can join Dhuhr and Asr (2+2) and Maghrib with Isha (3+2), and when joining them you don’t need to pray the Sunan Rawatib.
– Joining the prayer is not mandatory, but they are recommended when actively travelling, and discouraged when staying at some place.

Traveling prayer has many rulings, so if you are confused about something it’s better to ask for the safety of your prayer.

The blind reader, Faris Al-Farqani, delights us with a fragrant recitation that captivates the hearts! When you see that the fruit on the branch do not deny that the roots are pure!

May Allah (swt) Guide the Ummah.

May Allah (swt) Forgive the Ummah

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