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In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

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Echoes from the Pulpit.

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Homes that the angels do not enter.

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A sermon by the honorable Sheikh,

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Khalid Ibn 'Abdullah al-Hammudi,

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may Allah preserve him.

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Indeed, all praise is due to Allah.

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We praise Him, seek His help, and seek His forgiveness.

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We seek refuge in Allah the Exalted

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from the evils of our own selves and from the consequences of our bad deeds.

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Whoever Allah guides, none can lead astray,

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and whoever He leaves astray, none can guide.

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I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone, having no partner.

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“All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth Allah; unto Him belongeth Sovereignty and unto Him belongeth praise, and He is Able to do all things.” (64:1)

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And I bear witness that our master, our Prophet, and our beloved, Muhammad, is the servant of Allah and His Messenger,

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His chosen one and His intimate friend.

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May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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and upon his family, his Companions,

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and those who are guided by his guidance,

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follow his Sunnah, and tread in his footsteps,

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and may He grant them abundant peace until the Day of Judgment.

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To proceed, O servants of Allah:

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I advise you and myself to fear Allah,

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for it is the commandment of Allah to us and to those who came before us.

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“Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. And We charged those who received the Scripture before you, and (We charge) you, that ye keep your duty toward Allah. And if ye disbelieve, lo! unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and Allah is ever Absolute, Owner of Praise.” (4:131)

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O servants of Allah,

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many people

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complain about the lack of stability in their homes,

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a lack of blessing,

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and a lack of inner peace within the house.

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Some people spend much of their time outside the home, fleeing from it,

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feeling distressed and uneasy when they are inside.

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This unease

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and lack of tranquility have causes, among which—

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and this is our topic today—

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is the abandonment of our homes by the angels.

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Yes.

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The failure of the angels of mercy to enter—

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those who circulate with mercy, blessings, and prayers for forgiveness for the homes of the Muslims—

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is one of the greatest reasons for the complaints many people have

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regarding the lack of stability and tranquility in their homes.

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When we speak of the angels abandoning our homes,

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we mean the angels of mercy, blessing, and forgiveness.

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Otherwise, there are angels

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who never leave the son of Adam,

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because they are commanded to record the deeds of the son of Adam

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and write them down,

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as well as the angels of death.

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So I say, O beloved ones,

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has any one of us considered this matter?

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Has this issue occurred to him regarding his home?

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Or when he complains and finds no peace in his house,

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has it occurred to him

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that the abandonment of his home by the angels

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is one of the greatest reasons for that?

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Perhaps this issue

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will lead us to the core of the subject we wish to discuss:

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What are the causes,

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and what are the matters

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that, if they occur in a Muslim's home,

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cause the angels to depart from it?

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What are the homes

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that the angels do not enter

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among the homes of the Muslims?

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Firstly, O servants of Allah,

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the home of the one who severs ties of kinship.

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Know, may Allah have mercy on you,

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that the angels

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do not descend upon a people

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among whom is one who severs ties of kinship.

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Our Lord, glory be to Him, has pledged

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to join those who join their ties of kinship

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and to sever those who sever them.

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So be diligent, O servant of Allah,

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if you wish for the angels not to depart from your home,

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and for you to find tranquility in your house,

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then join your ties of kinship,

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visit your relatives,

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and look after them in ways that improve their affairs

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and fulfill their needs,

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if you are able to do so,

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so that you may attain the pleasure and mercy of your Lord,

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and the prayers of the angels for you.

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Indeed, joining ties of kinship

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among Muslims

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is one of the foundations

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upon which Islam is built.

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Therefore,

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we see the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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mentioning this, saying:

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“Then, when they have reached their term, take them back in kindness or part from them in kindness, and call to witness two just men among you, and keep your testimony upright for Allah. Whoso believeth in Allah and the Last Day is exhorted to act thus. And whosoever keepeth his duty to Allah, Allah will appoint a way out for him,” (65:2)

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"Let him join his ties of kinship."

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And he, peace be upon him, said:

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"Indeed, Allah the Exalted

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created the creation,

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and when He finished with them,

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the Kinship (al-Rahim) stood up

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and said,

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'This is the place of one who seeks refuge in You from being severed.'

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He said, 'Yes.

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Are you not pleased

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that I join those who join you

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and sever those who sever you?'

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She said, 'Yes.'

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He said, 'Then that is for you.'"

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Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

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"Read if you wish:

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﴾So would you perhaps, if you turned away,

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cause corruption on earth

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“Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship?” (47:22)

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and sever your ties of kinship?﴿

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Those are the ones whom Allah has cursed,

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so He deafened them

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and blinded their vision."

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And O my blessed brother,

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it is a sufficient deterrent for you

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that the one who severs ties of kinship

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will not enter Paradise, and we seek refuge in Allah from that.

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He, peace be upon him, said:

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"Three

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will not enter Paradise,"

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and he mentioned among them the one who severs ties of kinship.

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Narrated by Ahmad

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with a sound chain of narration,

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and Muslim narrated it in his Sahih

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on the authority of Jubayr Ibn Mut'im, may Allah be pleased with him,

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that he heard the Prophet, peace be upon him,

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say:

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"The one who severs ties of kinship will not enter Paradise."

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So beware, may Allah have mercy on you, regarding your ties of kinship,

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O you who complain of anxiety

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in your homes.

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Indeed, severing ties of kinship

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is a cause of that.

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And Allah is the One whose help is sought.

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As for the second home

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among the homes

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that the angels do not enter,

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and which becomes a home

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of calamity and misery for its owner,

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it is the home of the one who is undutiful to his parents.

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O noble ones,

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the angels of mercy

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do not enter a home

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in which a major sin is committed.

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And what major sin is greater

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than being undutiful to one's parents?

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How do you expect

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the angels to be pleased

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in a home

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of one who is undutiful to his parents?

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How do you expect

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to find rest in your house,

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and not be afflicted by misery and distress,

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if you are undutiful to your parents?

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For how long has our Lord, blessed and exalted be He, commanded

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goodness toward parents?

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﴾And We have enjoined upon man

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[care for] his parents.

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His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness

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upon weakness,

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and his weaning is in two years.

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Be grateful to Me

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and to your parents;

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to Me is the [final] destination.﴿

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The Prophet,

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peace be upon him, has also commanded us regarding them,

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saying: "Indeed, Allah

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has forbidden for you

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undutifulness to mothers."

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And on the authority of Abu Bakr,

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may Allah be pleased with him, he said:

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The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

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"Shall I not inform you

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of the greatest of the major sins?"

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We said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah."

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He said, "Associating partners with Allah

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and undutifulness to parents."

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He was reclining,

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then he sat up and said,

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"And beware of false speech,

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and beware of false testimony."

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So, O you who are neglectful

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of the most binding of rights,

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and who have exchanged

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the kindness of parents

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for undutifulness,

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[you are] heedless of what is required of you,

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heedless,

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of what lies before you.

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Kindness to parents is a debt you owe.

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You seek Paradise,

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in your claim,

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while it lies beneath the feet of your mother.

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She carried you in her womb for nine months,

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as if they were

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nine years,

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and she endured in childbirth

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what melts the heart,

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and she nursed you from her breast,

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and washed away

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the filth from you with her own hands,

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She preferred you over her own self,

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throughout the morning and evening.

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If you were afflicted by illness,

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or complained of pain, she would show such distress

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that it exceeded all bounds.

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Had she been given the choice between your life

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and her own death, she would have requested

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your life at the top

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of her voice.

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Yet, how often have you treated her with poor

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character, time and again?

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She would pray for your success

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and openly invoke blessings for you.

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Then, when she reached old age

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and was in need of you,

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you made her the most insignificant of things

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in your eyes. You ate your fill

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while she remained hungry,

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and you drank your fill while she remained thirsty.

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You prioritized

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your wife and children in your kindness,

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and you met her helping hands

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with forgetfulness.

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You found her needs burdensome,

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though they were simple,

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and her long life seemed too long to you, though it was short.

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You abandoned her,

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even though she had no protector but you.

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This,

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while your Master has forbidden you

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from even saying "uff" (an expression of annoyance),

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and has admonished you regarding her rights

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with a gentle rebuke.

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You will be punished in your worldly life

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through the disobedience of your own children,

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and in your hereafter

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through distance from the Lord of the worlds.

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He calls out to you with the language

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of warning and threat:

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"That is for what your own hands

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have sent forth,"

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"and Allah is not ever unjust to His servants."

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So fear Allah, O servants of Allah,

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regarding your parents,

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for their right

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is among the greatest of rights,

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and disobeying them

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is among the greatest of major sins and transgressions.

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O Allah, grant us

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their pleasure after Your pleasure,

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and enable us to be dutiful to them.

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Have mercy upon them as

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they raised us when we were small.

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O Allah, have mercy upon them as

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they raised us when we were small.

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O Allah, have mercy upon them as

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they raised us when we were small.

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O Allah, answer our prayer.

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May Allah bless me and you through the Great Qur'an,

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and benefit me and you with what is in it.

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“This (which) We recite unto thee is a revelation and a wise reminder.” (3:58)

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I say what you hear, and I seek the forgiveness of Allah

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for me and for you, so seek His forgiveness,

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for He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

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Praise be to Allah.

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Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds,

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and the ultimate outcome is for the righteous.

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I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone,

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with no partner, the Judge of the Day of Recompense.

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And I bear witness that Muhammad

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is His servant and messenger, the truthful, the trustworthy.

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O Allah, send peace and blessings upon him,

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and upon his family and all

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his companions. Now then, O servants of Allah,

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the third house

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among the houses

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which the angels do not enter

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is a house in which there is a dog.

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Al-Bukhari narrated

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in his Sahih

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from the hadith of Abu Talhah, may Allah be pleased with him,

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who said:

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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

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"The angels do not enter

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a house

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in which there is a dog or

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an image."

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Indeed, the religion of Islam, O servants of Allah,

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is a religion of cleanliness and purity,

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and this noble religion

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guides us to

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the harms of keeping dogs,

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warns against their saliva,

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and forbids keeping them

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except for a hoped-for

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benefit,

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such as their presence for farming

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or guarding.

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The Hafiz Ibn Hajar, may Allah have mercy on him, says:

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His statement, peace and blessings

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be upon him,

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"The angels do not enter

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a house," its apparent meaning is

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general, meaning all angels.

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It has been said that an exception is made

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for the recording angels (the Hafazah),

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for they do not depart from

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a person in any situation.

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The intended meaning of "house" is the place

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where

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a person resides, whether

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it is a house, a tent,

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or otherwise.

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Scholars have mentioned

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reasons

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for the angels' refusal

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to enter a house that contains

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a dog. It is said it is because they are

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impure, or it is said

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because they are of the devils,

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or it is said because of the

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impurity that attaches

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to them. So guard

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your homes, O servants of Allah,

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and protect them from that which drives

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the angels of mercy away from you,

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so that you do not suffer loss in your homes,

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and so that

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your reward is not diminished.

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Subhan Allah!

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Is the reward diminished

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if we keep a dog?

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Yes.

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Listen to this amazing hadith.

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He, peace be upon him, said:

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"Whoever keeps

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a dog, except for

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a dog for farming or a dog for..."

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"...his reward decreases

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by one qirat every day."

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And a qirat is like

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a great mountain.

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In another narration by Muslim:

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"Whoever keeps a dog

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that is not for hunting,

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nor for livestock, nor for land,

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then his reward decreases

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by two qirats

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every day."

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Do you see, O servants of Allah,

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that the matter is not trivial?

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It decreases every day

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from the reward

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the equivalent of this great mountain.

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And there is no power nor strength except by Allah.

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Thus,

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it becomes clear, O noble ones,

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that as long as there is no verified

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benefit

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in keeping dogs,

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it is incumbent upon the Muslim

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not to bring them into his house

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in imitation of the customs of the disbelievers,

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so that he may succeed

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and ensure that he and his household

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enjoy the company of the angels of mercy.

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We ask Allah for safety and well-being,

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and that He rectifies our conditions

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and our homes,

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and that He rectifies our intentions

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and our offspring,

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and that He rectifies the conditions of the Muslims

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in every place.

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O Allah, show us the truth as truth and grant us the following of it,

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and show us falsehood

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as falsehood and grant us the avoidance of it.

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O Allah, forgive our sins,

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conceal our faults,

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accept our repentance,

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and seal our deeds with righteousness.

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O Allah, guide us to the best of character,

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for none guides to the best of it

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except You,

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and turn away from us its evil,

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for none turns away its evil

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except You.

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O Allah, we ask You for Your pleasure and Paradise,

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and we seek refuge in You from Your wrath

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and from the Fire.

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O Allah, grant us security in our homelands,

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rectify our leaders and those in authority over us,

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grant victory to our soldiers on the borders,

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and grant victory to our oppressed brothers

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in every place.

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O Allah, we have called upon You, our Lord, as You commanded us,

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so answer us as You promised us,

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and give us what we have hoped for,

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and more than what we have hoped for,

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of the good of this world and the hereafter.

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O Allah, send peace and blessings

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upon Your servant and messenger, Muhammad,

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and upon all his family and his Companions.

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And all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.