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I want you to imagine with me for a moment

that you are returning home after several decades to a family who didn't even know that you were still alive.

There's a story about a great Tabei, his name is Farooch, Abiyadh, Abdi-Rahmah, and Farooch was a free slave of Arbiyah bin Zaid,

Ramiyamu'll Allah, who was praised by

Omar bin Khatab, Radi Allah, Tallah,

and was one of the greatest commanders in the history of al-Islam.

And when he passes away, and he leaves behind Farouh,

this is a man that goes out and strives in the path of Allah, just as he was taught to do. This is a man who follows in the path of his mentors.

This is a man who spends for the sake of Allah, subhanna-ta-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Allah and has absolutely no connection to this dunya.

And he marries a woman by the name of Suheila.

And as he's sitting in the masjid

and the call for the next battle comes

to go out in another expedition in Churassam,

he comes home to his now pregnant wife, Suheila. And he says to her, listen, here is 30,000 dinars.

I have collected it through the various missions of the spoils of war.

So thammerea.

So invest it, and anfiqa on nifsik, and on your self, and on your self

and on the child that will be born to you.

And by the a'n'u'll come back to you when Allah,

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