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Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

Alhamdulillah we began by praising Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and sending salat

and salam upon the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam. Dear Muslims, one of the most

powerful moments in the Syirah. So powerful that Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala sent down

Quran to tell us what happened. Was when our Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam,

was fleeing from Makkah to Medina and the Quraysh were in hot pursuit. He didn't have any

armies. He didn't have a large legion of protectors. He didn't have even 10-20 people

to surround him. Just him and Abu Bakr al-Sadiq. And they went into the

car of Thawur and the Quraysh were literally outside and Abu Bakr al-Radi Allah

who began strumbling. Ya Rasulullah, if they just look down, they will see us.

And what did the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam say? Allah recorded it. It is in the

Qur'an. This episode of the Syirah is so important. It is recorded in vivid detail

in the Qur'an itself. When the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam told his companion,

don't worry. Allah is with us. Don't worry. Allah is with us. Dear Muslims, this is our slogan.

This is our motto. This is the kelima that we say. Whenever we're faced with stress,

we say, we're not going to get worried. We're not going to get sad. We're not going to

get scared. How can we get scared when Allah SWT is with us? And I begin my talk today

with this incident. Simply because frankly, we live in times that sometimes are very depressing.

We're witnessing a long list of tragedies, internal and external, domestic and international,

civil war and so many Muslim lands, refugees here and there. The persecution of the

Uighurs, Kashmir and Palestine, for Allah knows how long Islamophobia within our own ranks.

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